Jasmeen Codrington-Edmead was doing well in English. That did not stop her mother, Zarinah, from signing the 13-year-old up for tutoring.
Substitute teacher Tamika Todd set up Arete Academy to help students like Jasmeen fulfil their potential.
The p...
Education standards expert Paul Wagstaff, who was the front-runner for the role of Commissioner of Education, has declined the position, this newspaper understands.
Mr Wagstaff, who has a history in school improvement and advisory services in Britain...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The situation here is, in some ways, reminiscent of a condition that existed in New York right after 9/11.”
So said visiting clinician Kenneth Hardy regarding the treatment of racial trauma in Bermuda.
Dr Hardy, a professor of family therapy at Phi...
The economic phenomenon of the Donald Trump vision for America will certainly provide the screenplay to test the economic theories that have challenged the world for more than a century. The Trump cabinet is an unabashed conservative group of billion...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Khalid Wasi
TEDx Bermuda, the showcase for “ideas worth sharing”, is back on March 25 for its seventh instalment, with ten speakers from disciplines ranging from marine science to virtual reality coming to the island.
John Narraway, chairman of the event, hailed...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Michael Dunkley dropped in one some of the island’s students this week to help them learn about fitness and a healthy lifestyle as part of the Premier’s Youth Fitness Programme, on offer throughout public schools.
Mr Dunkley was accompanied yesterday...
Racism has overtaken crime as one of the biggest issues facing Bermuda, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette.
A surge of voters named racism as their top concern in the Global Research survey this month: 16 per cent, up from 7 per ce...
Students at TN Tatem Middle School went back to their classrooms yesterday after a long break while the school was treated for mould contamination, with the latest inspections showing “significantly lowered and acceptable levels of mould” in the area...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda leads the way as the world’s top jurisdiction for captives, with more than 780 on the island.
But it is not resting on its laurels. It did that before, but learnt a lesson.
Today, vigilance and awareness are uppermost in the mind of Grainne R...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Students at Harrington Sound Primary School were recently given a hands-on marine research experience with the help of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
A group of 39 P6 pupils at the school spent three days and two nights at BIOS, taking part...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
