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world class 21st century learning. This included a reform of the administration of education, the first ever national curriculum, a different approach to teaching and learning and special attention to early childhood education and special education needs. He was responsible for the creation of the new
Education Modernisation Law and piloted its passage through the Legislative Assembly in early 2009. This new law raised the mandatory age for school attendance from 16 to 17 and set in place the framework for what is now being called the Year 12 programme in the government high-school system. He has also spearheaded the construction of 21st century learning environments with the new Clifton Hunter and John Gray campuses, an initiative for which he has and continues to receive both praise and condemnation.
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the then current leader of the opposition and founder of the PPM, stepped down as Leader of the
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the same year and joined the firm of
Charles Adams & Company as an associate. He became a partner in 1993. He also served as a member of the Legal Advisory Council and the Grand Court Rules Committee and as president of the Caymanian Bar Association. McLaughlin left partnership in the firm in
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