Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Tuesday | August 11, 2009

EDITORIAL - Life after Standard and Poor's
After their failure to warn of the dangers of subprime mortgages and credit default swaps, the international credit rating agencies are easy and, often, legitimate punching bags. It is now easy to second-guess their actions... Read More...

School assessment, exercise in national self-deception
I AM glad to see that more teachers are speaking out on the nonsense that has passed for commentary on education. Mary Gordon, in her article in The Sunday Gleaner, makes some very valid points. She writes inter alia: "The truth is that some schools... Read More...

NOTE-WORTHY
Excellent manifesto Don Robotham's call for political unity (Sunday, August 9) is an excellent manifesto for real progress. The constant resort to partisanship is a psychological cover-up for inadequacy ... Read More...