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Young boys are selling drugs in schools, becoming desensitised to gun violence and getting more sophisticated in their dealings with police, an educator told parliamentarians yesterday.
Lisa Trott, a counsellor at Whitney Institute Middle School, tol...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Gang members are enrolling at Bermuda's Adult Education Centre to gain their GEDs and, in some cases, learn to read and write.
Young men are using the facility both to try to better themselves educationally and to stay off the streets and out of trou...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A New Zealand educational consultant is to host seminars at five Bermudian schools over the next three weeks, including two free sessions.
Lance King, a trainer from The Art of Learning in New Zealand, will host an open seminar for educators on Febru...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons believes Government does not have credibility when it comes to education reform.
Dr Gibbons spoke out after the latest Ministry of Education shake-up. He said Government has made too many personnel changes sin...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Jadiyah Bailey has been hailed as a top dancer by the directors of the performance group Troika.
The 15-year-old is also on the high honour roll at Berkeley Institute and the school’s youngest student to pass the maths GCSE.
Despite her academic acco...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education Commissioner Wendy McDonnell has been tasked with improving teaching and learning in public schools almost four years after a team of experts raised the alarm about standards.
Mrs McDonnell will give up her role running the Department of Ed...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A government worker has cooked up a pot luck luncheon that she hopes will raise necessary funds for her to return to school.
Christine Jones, 24, said when she was accepted into Shillington College to study media arts she was elated.
The receptionist...
DATE: Jan 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Online classes are being taught by chat room as the Bermuda College tries to meet the needs of a web-savvy student population.
College President Duranda Greene said students today socialised, communicated and learned in different ways including by p...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A Bermuda-based reinsurance company has donated $50,000 to help “Bermudians from all walks of life” get their GED diplomas.
Ariel Re, which says it believes education is key to the success of local people and the Island itself, donated the cash to t...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Government's Adopt-a-School Programme has raised $70,000 towards the upkeep of the Island's public schools.
In the latest donation, the Ministry of Education announced that Somerset Primary School had received $10,000 from the Green Family Scholarshi...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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