FORMER teacher and Senate President Albert Jackson MBE, CBE would love to see a Bermuda where racial lines are blurred and children of all races interact more in public school classrooms. But he knows he will never see this dream realised in his life...
IT was in 1987 that Clive Cotton, Jon Borrill and Paul Rowlerson decided to test their mettle by walking from one end of the island to the other. Now in its 20th year, the Bermuda End-to-End has generated millions of dollars for approximately 80 orga...
Bermudians take note
April 24, 2007
Dear Sir,
The letter below addressed to Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Rozy Azhar may be of some real interest to many status Bermudians who find themselves suddenly feeling somewhat second class and inconvenienc...
The Education Review team made ten recommendations to fix the public school system.
The first six of them need to be implemented as soon as possible in order to improve the current system, Professor David Hopkins said last night.
The recommendations ...
Work term limits will not be scrapped and shops in Hamilton should open later in the evening to capture the trade of cruise ship visitors and others.
Premier Ewart Brown made those assertions as he addressed more than 200 business leaders at the annu...
A tough talking critique of Bermuda's public schools system which calls for the dismantling and rebuilding of the "mismanaged" Ministry of Education was hailed as a welcome wake up call by teachers last night.
But Bermuda Union of Teachers president ...
DATE: May 04, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Pembroke Parish Council, in conjunction with the North Village Trust, is to hold its first Family Community Connection Day.
Promotion of family values and education are the main reasons behind the event, which will be held on Saturday, May 19, fr...
IT won’t be the Hilton for Paris if Los Angeles prosecutors have their way.Prosecutors have recommended that heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton, pictured above, serve 45 days in a county jail for violating her probation on a drunken driving mis...
- Improved standards - particularly in the middle schools - would lead to better graduation results.
- The quality of teaching is poor and has contributed to the “widespread under-performance” in public schools
- Principals need to spend time in clas...
Four of Bermuda’s public schools are failing and most of the others are merely satisfactory or worse, according to what Premier Ewart Brown last night dubbed the “most meaningful and comprehensive” review ever conducted of the education system.
The h...
DATE: May 04, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
