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Parental anxieties fuelled by rumours over possible school closures have influenced the latest public school application figures, according to one principal.
Romelle Warner, who led the School Reorganisation Advisory (Score) Committee that has just r...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New figures showing public school application and enrolment numbers have been obtained by The Royal Gazette, as parents await the results of a reorganisation of the state education system.
An announcement on which schools are being considered for clo...
DATE: Jan 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Minister of Education Wayne Scott has received the final report of the SCORE Advisory Committee on school reorganisation.
The report was commissioned to examine school consolidation or closure, improve the quality and consistency of primary school pr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A local educator dedicated to teaching how the power of technology can enhance learning is off to Ghana to deliver a seminar to 25 children.
“It’s going great; it’s exceeding what I expected,” said Darren Burchall of his Great4Learning programme, whi...
DATE: Dec 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A one-day seminar for teenagers to learn about computer coding, the Holiday Hackathon, scored high marks with its student attendees.
With the latest apps and mobiles games sweeping the world, the power and simplicity of modern programming are especia...
DATE: Dec 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first member of her family to go to college, Shallette Spencer is now a straight-A actuarial science student at Georgia State University.
The 21-year-old, from Devonshire, will start her junior year next month at the Atlanta establishment, after ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Educational charity Knowledge Quest held its twice-yearly party last week, uniting past and present scholarship recipients with donors to the cause.
Founded in 2001, the organisation supports higher education for academically capable Bermudians of l...
DATE: Dec 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Hackathon, Bermuda’s home-grown computer coding symposium, has proved a holiday hit in its second year.
Yesterday’s free course, from the non-profit group Code 411, took 80 teens on a blast-off introduction to programming, courtesy of self-taught...
DATE: Dec 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian educator and researcher Katie Davis has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
Ms Davis, an assistant professor at the University of Washington Information School, studies the impact of digital media on adole...
DATE: Dec 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Students and members of the public drummed up excitement at the senior boys and girls football finals at the National Sports Centre yesterday.
While CedarBridge Academy emerged victors over the Berkeley Institute in both intense matches, young spect...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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