These are hard economic times; there is no doubt about it. Many, if not most Americans – and I trust more than a few Bermudians – are feeling the effects of the downturn in the global economy. But that does not mean we cannot give thanks for what we ...
A parent advocate is going to take the Ministry of Education to court over what he sees as the mishandling of a 15-year-old's future.
Myron Piper of the Bermuda Educational Parents Association has been fighting for months for the rights of a mother a...
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 ...
