"We don't insult people's intelligence and we try not to assault people with volume.'' Jazz trumpeter Chuck Mangione -- who some call the father of `smooth jazz' an honorific which he seemingly bristles at -- is in Bermuda this week to kick off the ...
DATE: Oct 11, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess
A reading expert will stress the importance of a partnership between parents and teachers in literacy education when she talks to the public today.
Patricia Edwards, who lectures student teachers in elementary reading methods at Michigan State Univer...
The Director of Bermuda College's Education Centre last night called for all sections of the community to go "out into the trenches'' to help tackle the Island's illiteracy problems.
Gina Tucker said the whole Island had to pull together to ensure ch...
Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith last night condemned Government for waiting a year before publishing figures showing the acute literacy problem that exists in Bermuda's public schools.
Mr. Smith said he "didn't buy'' Education Minister Milton Sco...
of public school students taken over the last two years.
As we reported yesterday, the results are grim. When then-Education Minister Gerald Simons formed the Education Planning Team and began the restructuring of the schools in the late 1980s, he wa...
flown to England to learn more about education plans for the youngsters should they accept an invitation to attend West Ham United's Soccer Academy.
Having earlier this year spent the Easter holidays at Schools of Excellence with well known clubs in ...
The Bermuda College will tomorrow play host to a conference which will focus on the recognition, prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
The event, which will be presented by the Good Shepherd Human Service Center in association with the Nationa...
almost 200 North American competitors to win a prestigious award.
The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) presented BAMZ and its support charity, the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS), with the Regional Conservation Award for their Bermuda Bio...
A disturbing picture of the literacy problem increasing with age emerged yesterday with the release of literacy scores.
And the tell-tale results have forced Government to admit that the results are poor.
The scores show Bermudian students in the pub...
Sandys Secondary Middle School is leading the way in tackling the literacy problem in Bermuda.
It is to become one of 19 international centres for the Study of Learning and Teaching Styles.
And plans are in the pipeline to link the Centre to the Berm...
