Imagine if your educational future rode on your answer to questions like “Which city is more hazy: Beijing or Shanghai?” and “How many monsters does the novel Journey to the West depict?” Oh, I know the first one. It’s Beijing, hands down. But hold on, it can’t (more…)
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CollegeStats.org has a great infographic recapping China’s $250 billion investment in higher education, with the NYTimes series on China’s Education Revolution as its source. The infographic shows at a glance China’s high school matriculation rate over the past decades, its education spending, its focus on increased college (more…)
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Mar
2013
Why Personality?
Rankings aren’t supposed to be important when it comes to choosing a school. When comparing boarding schools, which embrace a diversity of educational approaches and environments, finding the right “fit” for each students is more important than overall ranking. Ideally, theres a right place for every (more…)
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Feb
2013
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Feb
2013
Cheating or Not?
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Feb
2013
Why Do You Want to Go Abroad?
What’s the connection between China’s gaokao-centered education system and the application fraud phenomenon outlined in “The China Conundrum”? Did the cheating slow down or stop when “The China Conundrum” was published? For a student perspective on the China conundrum, Helen Gao, the author of “China’s New (more…)
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