Thanks for your reply, but there are too many posts that discredit individuals under the cloak of anonymity, it’s an opportunity to hold some-one else accountable without having that individual hold you to the same standard.

When I criticise the premier, which is often, I use my own name because I do not expect to hide behind a veil and/or brick wall. Although I have had posts from Bermudians warning me not to return to Bermuda, and/or to consider myself permanently unemployable in Bermuda.

Nonetheless, I really do not like being told where my place is politically, and since Bermuda does not put bread on my table, as one of the few individuals who has been blacklisted, I call it as I see it, not calling how any political party would like me to see and call it. It’s my simply life’ philosophy…

I may always see the premier as an easy on the eye brain dead novice politician, and the political standards in Bermuda so warped that he was put in that position because? Certainly not as an ethical lightening-rod, certainly not for business acumen, but he is likeable because he is cute? You Bermudians are very fickle!

The OBA was very surprised when they won the general election, so the rationale could have been to allow him to gain experience and grow into his role (as Opposition leader). However, as reality has it, I thank God everyday that Bermuda does not have nuking capacity because the PLP Opposition, especially Marc and Michael, would be burnt toast by now.

Just a thought…

It’s your lame and regular attempt to spread propaganda in the name of a real freedom fighter and try to connect any Bermuda situation to his that I have a general problem with, TCF.

My own view is that school heads should have much more say in running their schools, such as hiring teachers, setting curriculum, stating expectations, etc. Schools should be tested and graded independently and these results published; parents should be free to choose where their kids apply and schools should be free to accept or reject. A voucher system should be introduced to subsidise parents who qualify and want their children to have a private education; possibly even to encourage the founding of new independent schools. The basic crux of my thoughts is to get education back with teachers and parents where it belongs and out of Government’s meddling hands.

By the way, none of this exonerates Dr. Heatley whose heart, I believe, was never really in the job to begin with.

The GLOBAL DAY of PEACE SEPTEMBER 21st – How BERMUDA can work to make the island a peaceful place though working through music and education and using the FREE educational resources of PEACE ONE DAY.

The Annual Bermuda Peace Day Concert has become an important event in Bermuda to help bring people together through music, whilst spreading the message of Peace. To make this event even more powerful we feel that getting the children in our schools to understand what PEACE means and how we can plant the roots of PEACE through our kids that will see Bermuda become a true island of unity.
PEACE starts in the home and in the schools !

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4khdQUlNgg4 ( PEACE DAY in 3 Minutes)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-mjYTlUM5g#t=25 ( Introduction to PEACE ONE DAY 2013)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPiphUsv0mo (PEACE DAY 2013 Campaign – JUDE LAW)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjvc5hZhYY (reducing DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Jeremy Gilley & Baroness Scotland)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlse8_Lu9fU ( reducing Domestic Violence Launch )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25E-H0yHK04 (Global Truce 2012 Coalitions – Uniting student populations)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9VEWrECBRc ( Jeremy Gilley in BERMUDA )
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXlo7oPDwlM ( Tony Brannon meets Jeremy Gilley in London )
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt7lqxXdkP8 ( The 1st Bermuda Peace Day Concert – A tribute to John Lennon )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=youH8VVZAhg ( PEACE DAY CONCERTS )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQp8gTQJ8jQ ( PEACE DAY CONCERTS help spread the word of PEACE)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLcrR9-jQFg#t=163 (Peace One Day – Zelenogorsk, Siberia)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVo4lQe8MhQ ( The Day after Peace )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B8TF8Gr04k (ANGELINA JOLIE)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3bOOCm_hFM ( Press conference with Angelina Jolie )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlnbJu31OkU ( In the studio with Jude Law )
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTly9-_qOYE (JUDE LAW)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTgVN80AVt4 (SKY NEWS – KABUL INTERVIEW)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7_eK31tF28 (FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO SCHOOLS everywhere – sponsored by SKYPE)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cuICqWiL6s (sponsored by COKE)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUVaP6mSHw (ADIDAS & PUMA – together for PEACE)

The amazing vision of ONE MAN – Jeremy Gilley – to make PEACE ONE DAY a reality WORLDWIDE !

EDUCATION is being discussed in the USA from Sir Ken Robinson to Geoffrey Canada and many others….. I have told you about these amazing educational visionaries.
SIR KEN ROBINSON :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
• GEOFFREY CANADA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY2l2xfDBcE

“Dr. Matthews’ continued research and professional activities have focused on helping teachers incorporate visions of mathematics teaching and learning excellent that draw from both current reform ideology and culturally relevant pedagogy”.
So bad thing he is a mathematician good thing he seems to be open to new ideas….

Also we did some search – he seems to have been coauthor of a review of Public Education in Bermuda commissioned in 2007
http://www.justice.bm/files/18/files/Hopkins-Report-2007.pdf
http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=_XS1708AAAAJ&hl=en
Read the recommendations page 34 – don’t know if any of these were implemented…
They identify as main issue for Bermuda education the “low quality of teaching and learning” – and propose as reform model one based on re-professionalism rather than restructuring. They also recommend to radically reform the ministry of education…recommendation 5 is a bit worrisome at students’ level..see attachment

Anyway somebody with this twitter tagline “education leader in Bermuda Public Schools, solutionist, transformer, sky walker, blakskolar™, mountain biker. Breathes air. Vulnerable to Kryptonite. Christ” can’t be that bad… https://twitter.com/Blakskolar

also he seems to be interested in new technology
https://twitter.com/edutopia/status/451859213677887488/photo/1
and he tweeted “I am a professed dreamer who is committed to working with doers. Are you a dreamer or doer? That’s promising..
http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/the-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=linkedin

best of all he likes Finland
https://www.rebelmouse.com/blakskolar/
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/01/09/finland-education-model-405/

this is actually quite a good page to get a sense of him:
https://www.rebelmouse.com/blakskolar/

Jetgate as you call it , is the best you can come up with?

Why would anyone other than a PLP member go on Hott 1075? It is owned by a PLP member it is no secret that it is pro PLP and negative everything else.

The commission falls under the premier’s responsibility.

Initially there was no reason for the premier to ask tough questions of the Commission regarding its job.

However, even after there was enormous disquiet regarding Dr Heatley’s controversial management style in the US, as documented in newspapers, why was it arrogantly ignored by the Commission?

The premier should, at the very least, find out what went wrong, why and how? Why was the vetting process so weak?

Can we believe that this was just a mistake? Dr Heatley demonstrated just how easy it was to walk over the Commission.

And no, it’s not the premier’s fault or a political faux pas – the blunder was made by the Commission, and we, the public, as both taxpayers and stakeholders, pay their salaries and pay for any contractual blunders made by the Commission, so we need to know why they insisted upon this candidate, and why they did not vet his CV more carefully?

This blunder has cost the public purse in time, the process of a new CoE candidate and the stagnation of any new implementations to the education system. It therefore demands clarity, accountability and apology from the Commission.

London, England

You are right, the aliases who have come on this blog makes one really begin to suspect that they are individuals with an agenda of destruction.

We, the public, are stakeholders, but as advocates, we must realise that the job of choosing a new CoE is not a process of selection by popularity, an individual and/or the public’s favourite. There is a committee or commission whose remit it falls under to ‘vet’ all candidates who have applied for the position. I sincerely hope that lessons have been learnt, such as, ‘vet’ your candidates with transparency and accountability. Give the public an update on your short-list, and remember any and/or all perks that would be given to a successful foreign candidate, should be offered to a Bermudian candidate, if s/he is chosen.

To teachers, please stop using political tactics to muscle into the process, create a new slate on new CoE, it is NOT your call. Whether the muscle comes directly from your Union or by way of negative advocacy on blogs such as this one, again, this is NOT your call. Teachers have a remit – to teacher, not to become veiled politicians attempting to impose your will.

And to the PLP, stop using the teachers as a political weapon. When they become disgruntled with policy and they will, it is your job to advocate on their behalf. How will the Ministry lay the groundwork in the future when you know that work in the Ministry is cleaning up past political mistakes? By directing its attention on to the senior educators within the Ministry, how does that resolve the issues of a full-time Minister, a full-time PS? Are you expecting a a full-time CoE to delve within your remits to pickup the lack? All roles of power and influence need to be honestly assessed and addressed, not bombarding the senior tier of the administration top heavy with educators, many of whom have now become quasi-politicians.

The premier needs to bring clarity to the final selection of the Ministry of Education; full-time Minister, decision for a full-time PS and new CoE. That is his political role as the head of cabinet and the leader of Bermuda.

Remember there is enough blame here that clogs the entire education system and grinds it to stagnation.

London, England

Our Blog RIDE the WAVE has been posting almost daily for over 3 months some amazing information about the many changes in education and indeed the people that make and lead change.

Bermuda is stuck in a time warp. This country has spent nearly $ 4 BILLION on Education over the past 30 years. No one has thought to realize that this old INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION model is obsolete.

We need the best teachers for our kids. We need to raise the bar. Bermuda needs to look at the success of places like FINLAND. It will require a huge shift from the top folks in Government, to the Bermuda Union of Teachers. Protecting the “status quo” is not acceptable.

I urge everyone to start EDUCATING and ENLIGHTENING themselves and if you follow our BLOG, it just might excite you to the possibilities
http://ridethewavefoundation.blogspot.ca/

There are two amazing people that really have their fingers on the pulse of needed change. They have been leading the way in the United States.
It would behoove everyone to watch these two men and then think about what the possibilities could be for Bermuda.

• SIR KEN ROBINSON :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
• GEOFFREY CANADA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY2l2xfDBcE

You are such a genuine person. You post to discredit an educator under an alias, so no-one knows who you are. Yes, it bears repeating, you are such a genuine person.

@Anonymous commentators:
And some commentators need to go back and re-read their posts, the toxicity of what you state under an alias as you cowardly hide your identities whilst being totally revengeful in your attacks against Dr Heatley. And most will claim that you do not give your names in fear of being singled out, all I read are posts from aliases abusing anonymity to target others; therein is your cowardly conduct.

Dr Heatley is leaving, let him leave with dignity and respect. We do not have to throw him a parade, but we do not have to demonstrate cruelty either.

It bears stating and occasionally repeating, what is said in parliament has parliamentary privilege, in other words, the comments cannot be challenged in a court of law. So, when Terry Lister makes a dumb and nasty statement, “he should get cracking.” The insult should not give rise to aliases to assume that they can state whatever comes to mind. What is posted on blogs has no privilege against prosecution and/or civil litigation, if it’s false, malicious and intentionally stated to injury and/or destroy another’s reputation. So, before you go overboard, THINK before you post, THINK as you post, THINK after you post…

London, England

Another of TCF’s alter-egos.

While I know at times certifications and degrees are all we have to insure that we have someone that is “qualified” sometimes we have to go back to the basics. Give the F’n control of these schools back to those that we trust as Headmasters and Headmistresses! If they are not qualified to run their schools then they should not be there! I for one trust that most are, and those that have BS’d their way to the top will be exposed!

How can one person drive and be expected to make positive change to 20 + schools. That gives him or her 2 hours to dedicate to each school per week. Lets move forward instead of looking backwards!

Dr Matthews has the academic qualifications, he may lack a few practical skills. But he is capable of carrying out the job with the help of other Education Officers . He will be successful if he is willing to work and utilize individuals in their skilled areas. Dr Matthews can appear to be aloof at times and often fail to apply himself in real situations that are problematic.

There are hundreds of stories and even movies of “indiividuals” that have taken over schools with far less resources money and serious problems and turned them around with nothing more than sheer determination and desire to teach and change lives. Howver, those same methods many not work in another school 10 miles down the road.

Give the control of the schools back to the Principals, the teachers and the PTAs and hold them accountable. The Ministry of Education should be a resource and not a control mechanism!

He lied, misled us and I for one am disappointed and angry. However, his choices were his own and he resigned …did your great fearless leader,Dr. Brown do the same when he admitted to lying to the people of Bermuda. You do remember that don’t you? He was the leader of this country at the time, but somehow you looked the other way!

On to the next victim…Dr. Matthews… Meanwhile, educational standards decline and a lack of accountability prevails at all levels while student and individual school achievement results remain under the cloak of secrecy.

Our children deserve the opportunity to learn and develop and walk into their purpose and destiny. Give Bermudians a chance to rectify our educational system.

Congratulations Dr. Matthew’s well done walk into your purpose.

This is the number one problem facing out educational system….who we like!!! I personally don’t care who the person is, as long as they have the qualifications and the experience to turn our system around for the betterment of the children on our island

Maybe the blame should be laid at the feet of the people who did actually hire him. Hold them accountable for a very expensive mistake.