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Teachers at a preschool walked out yesterday over worries about air quality because of mould.
Parents were forced to keep their children at home after staff said they were concerned about the safety of the air quality in Prospect Preschool in Devonsh...
DATE: Sep 30, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A group aiming to help children with learning difficulties hopes to expand after receiving charitable status.
Bermuda Centre for Creative Learning Foundation was set up to provide financial aid for families of children diagnosed with language-based l...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A trainee police officer was under investigation yesterday after he was struck off the UK teaching register for life for serious misconduct with a 16-year-old schoolgirl.
Matthew McGowan, 38, a former drama teacher at Warwick Academy, quit his post a...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American boarding schools symposium will take place next week.
The event at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on Tuesday, October 10, and Wednesday, October 11, will include a presentation from a panel of boarding school experts.
It is spon...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Lou Matthews, the director of Educational Standards and Accountability, announced his resignation yesterday and said Bermuda’s expectations for scholastic excellence are not being adequately supported.
Dr Matthews, who had served in the role since 2...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Eight Atlantic Canadian universities are to visit Bermuda next week to meet potential students and share information about their courses.
Katherine Cross, visit coordinator and assistant registrar at Dalhousie University, said: “We’re excited to retu...
DATE: Sep 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda High School for Girls is hosting an information evening for parents tomorrow.
The event is geared at parents interested in Early Years Programme, Year 1 or Year 7 entry for their daughter.
Head of School Linda Parker said: “The Girls' Ad...
DATE: Sep 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Progressive Labour Party’s pledge to phase out middle schools and revert to a two-tier public school system has come under question from Cole Simons, the Shadow Minister of Education.
Mr Simons noted that the Throne Speech had indicated that the ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda College has signed off on two agreements with overseas colleges to boost degree options for its students.
Now art and design associate degree students can transfer their credits into the third year of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design’s f...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Technology education should be treated as “a need, not a want” in Bermuda’s public schools, independent senator Michelle Simmons said yesterday.
Ms Simmons, a 38-year veteran of teaching, told Senate in her maiden speech: “It is heartening that the G...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan