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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In the 2010-2011 school year, China sent over 158,000 students to the US for overseas study. While Chinese students and families have spent the past decade getting to know about American schools and American-style education, relatively fewer Americans know what education is like for China’s learners. (more…)
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Though many Chinese students continue to flood to foreign universities for their education, those at home and those returning are debating the value of a foreign education. James Melik’s article “China: the Paradox of Foreign Education,” in BBC Business News, looks at why some Chinese may have (more…)
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Gaokao Begins Starting today, 9 million high school students all around China will be sitting the annual Chinese College Entrance Exam, known in Mandarin as the gaokao. In the weeks before the exam, a typical classroom in China can resemble a hospital ward as students put themselves on (more…)
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What do Chinese parents think about before sending their only child to the United States? What benefits does a U.S. education bring and what kind of future do parents envision for their child? We spoke with a Chinese mother to find out.
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Last week The Atlantic published How China’s New Love Affair with U.S. Private Schools Is Changing Them Both. The author, Helen Gao, is a Deerfield graduate who started her studies….
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