New initiative set to transform public schools

Education Minister Jennifer Smith said that after re-reading the Hopkins Report and the Blueprint for reform and meeting with various stakeholders, she decided to go with “teaching and learning”. She met with the Board of Education, the Association of School Principals and the Bermuda Union of Teachers.

Education Commissioner Wendy McDonnell will assume responsibility for Teaching and Learning. She will also continue her current role as commissioner.

A press statement said: “Mrs. McDonnell has been given this responsibility because of her extensive and successful background in championing educational reform in Canada prior to returning to her home country, Bermuda, and assuming the post of Commissioner.”