WASHINGTON (AP) — Now it's the boys' turn.
First lady Michelle Obama started a year-long White House mentoring programme last fall for young women, pairing about 16 girls from the Washington area with women at top levels in the Obama administration.
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Thank you: it's the only payment that most volunteers in the mentor charity Big Brothers and Big Sisters (BBBS) ever hope to receive.
Very often it is the one thing forgotten by the mentee while being taken to playgrounds, during teary telephone conv...
The Ross (Blackie) Talbot (RBT) Charity Golf Classic will celebrate its 18th anniversary this year by continuing the RBT Awards programme.
It will also see the tournament – one of the most popular on the Island – raise funds for Meals on Wheels, Big ...
Public school principals have issued a statement calling on Education Minister El James to disclose before tomorrow the full proposal to close five primary schools.
The three-page document from the Association of School Principals (ASP) says that sch...
DATE: Jan 21, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Business leaders and school principals met yesterday to discuss ways of turning around the Island's education system.
And the forum — a joint initiative between the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) and the Ministry of Education —...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
CHICAGO — A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.
The findings, culled from response...
The Bermuda Autism Support and Education Society will hold a casino-themed fund-raiser next month. 'Casino Royale: Roll the Dice for Autism' will take place on February 6 at Penno's Wharf, St. George's.
Free cocktails will be served starting at 7 p.m...
Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010 | CATEGORY: Campaigns | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
UK schools go to the birds for wildlife survey
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters Life!) - A British charity launched its biggest survey of the wildlife in school yards on Monday, aiming to get thousands of children watching excitedly to find out which creature...
