We confess having to go to our own archives for background to an event over the weekend at the Bermuda Industrial Union's Dr. E.F. Gordon Memorial Hall. It was a big reunion for some of the workers I referred to as the 'street fighters' who have help...
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons claimed yesterday that plans to cluster groups of public schools under one board could prove counter-productive.
The United Bermuda Party MP attended a public forum on Tuesday night which saw worried parents fr...
DATE: May 16, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Students at Dellwood Middle School will now be able to incorporate rowing into their physical education classes.
The Argus Group sponsored six of Dellwood's eight indoor/outdoor rowing machines and, with a partnership between the school, Argus and Be...
Violent crime
Dear Sir,
Police statistics from the last eight years show that violent crime is at its highest point following a surge in gang robberies. Why do we label wall-sitters, evil-doers, drug-addicts, and drug- dealers as gang members? To set...
Students sitting early morning exams later this month have been granted a slight reprieve: they now won't have to get their brains into gear until 6.30 a.m.
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) told The Royal Gazette yesterday that it had...
DATE: May 16, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Boosting school leadership and academic standards is necessary - but it's also important for principals to forge community links and teach their students good manners.
That was the message from Archdeacon Arnold Hollis, Rector of Sandys parish, as he...
The United Bermuda Party is calling for Government to get a grip on spiralling crime which it says is eroding Bermuda's way of life.
First quarter statistics showed robberies 50 percent higher than the same time last year while there were 135 burglar...
A National Parent Body, international academic benchmarking, more vocational qualifications and raising the school leaving age to 18, are among the recommendations of an overhaul of the country's education system.
The Ministry of Education further ou...
Students at Saltus Grammar School are due to sit a mathematics exam at 6 a.m. today — becoming the first youngsters on the Island to face a new early start time laid down by England's biggest exam board to combat cheating.
Fifteen pupils in the senio...
DATE: May 15, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Some years ago, well known TV journalist Bill Moyers produced a television documentary called "The Vanishing Family".
It focused on how so many single mothers were struggling to raise children without the support of fathers, and the many social probl...
