Change has been slow in coming — but in a few years Bermuda's students should be producing better results than those in the United States, according to education review chief Professor David Hopkins.
Professor Hopkins said the Ministry of Education h...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
For education consultant Henry Johnson, nothing is more important than the ability of teachers when it comes to improving the performance of students.
And Dr. Johnson believes that the new Island-wide scheme to train teachers and principals — one of ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Many hands make light work especially if they are the Hands of Christ knitting group, which is helping to raise money to build a girls' school in the troubled African state of Sierra Leone.
Under the banner of 'Slippers for Sierra Leone', the ladies ...
The Progressive Labour Party has celebrated ten years in power this month, marking the decade since November 9, 1998 with a variety of events.
Any government anywhere that survives for a decade deserves credit; parties do not stay in power this long ...
If education reform goes according to plan, this is what bosses say the public can expect in five years' time:
A primary school student in 2013 will leave with:
• international standards in literacy and numeracy;
• a clear induction into Bermudian cu...
Schools reform leader Philip Butterfield yesterday expressed his regret over his controversial remarks about Bermuda Union of Teachers boss Mike Charles.
Mr. Butterfield said he believes Mr. Charles and union president Keisha Douglas are committed ed...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
A 15-year-old boy is shadowing the Government's IT department for two hours a day rather than go to school, three months after he was told he could not return to CedarBridge.
And his mother, who asked for both of their identities not to be revealed f...
President-elect Barack Obama has been quoted and has been used in illustrations many times during and since being elected as President of the United States.
Since his rise in America's political arena I have been intrigued by him, and his message of ...
Students in Bermuda's government schools and the Bermuda College now have a pictorial reference of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement, Muhammad Ali, and other important persons and events in modern history, thanks to Mrs. Roxan...
No right to disrupt traffic
November 14, 2008
Dear Sir,
Janet Wingate's letter published November 12 under the heading "Stand up for openness", completely misses the main point of mine which appeared November 5. I have absolutely no objection to anyo...
