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A teacher locked in a legal battle with Government over alleged bullying by a special school principal is to appeal an arbitrator’s decision in the case.
Claudia DeSilva has filed grievances against Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy head Dena Butterfie...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda High School for Girls and Warwick Academy have announced their 2011 International Baccalaureate Diploma results.
Full diploma pass rates of 76 and 72 percent respectively, were recorded at the schools.
Meanwhile, Saltus Grammar School announ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students in public secondary schools received a grade of C or above in slightly more than half of the Cambridge IGCSE exams they took this year, Government revealed yesterday.
This is the first year a substantial number of public school students hav...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The principal of Bermuda’s only special school must be given leadership training, according to an arbitrator who found she poorly managed a high-flying and dedicated teacher.
Dena Butterfield-Lister, head of Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, was deeme...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
CedarBridge Academy is aiming to be a beacon of hope to the community after implementing a programme that promotes peace throughout the school.
The senior school, led by principal Kalmar Richards, announced a new partnership with a non-profit organi...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Sandys Secondary Middle School yesterday announced two of its students had scored A grades in GCSE maths.
School principal Tim Jackson said a total of 19 students aged 13 and 14 sat the secondary-level exams in June at the Berkeley Institute.
Ninetee...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Dr Avis Glaze, the leading Canadian educator who will be working to improve Bermuda’s schools, played a pivotal role in boosting student achievement in Toronto.
According to her website, she has been recognised in Canada and beyond for her work in le...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Bermuda has appointed a leading Canadian educator to develop plans to improve teaching.
Avis Glaze, an advisor to the Premier of Ontario, is to help put together a strategy highlighting “instructional leadership”, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smi...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermudian student Samuel Hewitt has won a $25,000 scholarship from law firm Trott and Duncan to help fulfil his ambition to become a lawyer.
Mr Hewitt, 18, from Sandys, will head to Cardiff in Wales on Monday, where he will study for a LLB law degree...
DATE: Sep 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A pilot programme aimed at helping students launched yesterday afternoon at Victor Scott Primary School.
The Homework Buddy Programme was organised by David Bascome’s Hope4Life Foundation and funded by Gibbons Company.
It will allow teaching staff to...
DATE: Sep 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
