We welcome the new education initiatives presented earlier this week by Education Minister Paula Cox and hope they will bring our children's education standards up to a high level when compared to the rest of the world.
For too long the cry has gone ...
BERMUDIAN Sharon Wilson is one of the first artists to be featured in the new Just Art programme that was launched this week by Appleby Spurling and Kempe (AS&K) in conjunction with Masterworks.
The artist's works, which can also currently be viewed ...
THERE is no proof that regular breast self-examination prevents deaths from breast cancer, according to a study involving close to 300,000 women. Despite the findings, the Bermuda TB & Health Association advocates that women continue the practice as ...
Educators are hoping to rid the Island of young couch potatoes by increasing sports activities in public schools.
The Ministries of Education and Youth and Sport have been meeting to discuss ways of enhancing the opportunities for physical education ...
They call her Bermuda's Oprah. Her husband says she is an icon, and the Queen has honoured her for her extensive community service, yet Gina Spence Farmer remains as humble as if she were a complete unknown.
The reason, she says, is because she regar...
The Education Ministry yesterday unveiled a raft of new measures to massively raise the standard of public schooling - along with new objectives for test scores.
Just days after the latest TerraNova test results showed senior school students were way...
Changes to the public secondary school system that mean students are now doing an additional year have been running very smoothly since the start of the new term, parents and staff have claimed.
Principal of CedarBridge Academy Kalmar Richards said s...
Bermuda's public education system is failing both gifted students and those that need special attention, according to concerned parents and teachers who attended a public forum last night.
And the claims were backed up by student representatives sitt...
The Education Ministry was last night urged to take immediate steps to ensure Bermuda's senior school students did not continue to lag way behind their peers in the United States in the three basic academic skills.
Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith...
Last week's announcement that Teen Services may be forced to shut down its education service due to lack of funding demonstrates an alarming lack of foresight.
It is easy to overwork the notion of "if Government can spend such and such on this comple...
