Background TV disruptive for very young children
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Having the television on in the background while preschoolers play with their toys disrupts their efforts to sustain attention, even when they don't pay much attention to it...
July 15
The Bermuda Zoological Society presents an illustrated lecture by Andrew Stevenson on The Humpback Whale Film & Research Project in the Education Auditorium at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo at 7.30 pm. Free admission.
July 19/20, August 1...
When Ben Beasley set off for the University of New Brunswick it was with a career as a history teacher in mind.
Teaching, after all, was in his genes, with an aunt, uncle and his father all having led the way. These genes, however, were not the only ...
The mother of an 18-year-old boy who was found not guilty of having sex with an 11-year-old girl, said she was "elated" the court case was finally over.
Both mother and sister of the teenager said the family had been waiting for more than a year for ...
Whitney Institute Middle School has been saved from closure.
Education Minister Randolph Horton announced an agreement has been reached which will ensure the school's doors re-open in September. A $1.5 million summer renovation package will make safe...
Dear reader: I have a question I believe many people, especially women, have.
I was scheduled for my yearly physical by my physician recently, but, when I arrived at his office, the receptionist told me he was way behind on his appointments and that ...
He transformed himself from a troubled young man to a professional footballer.
Now, after 17 years at the top of the game, David Bascome has a new mission — to save the Island's young men from drugs and gang violence.
Mr. Bascome, 38, plans to use hi...
Bermuda-based Internet security firm QuoVadis has been awarded a contract to provide SSL digital certificates to the higher education system in Switzerland through the SWITCH Foundation, a provider of high performance network and security technologie...
People ask where my ideas come from. I am never sure. But this one I can track directly. I had lunch one day this week with a woman who told me that she likes to ride horses, and so, from time to time, she rents one. At the time she said it, the comm...
The Berkeley Institute has scored a century — 100 students have graduated from the school this year.
And many of the school leavers celebrating gaining their Bermuda School Certificate (BSC) have secured places at universities overseas.
Principal Mic...
DATE: Jul 11, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
