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North Korea’s Education Reform: Is it Practical?

Given it’s recent slew of politically hostile threats, much of the world’s attention has become focused on North Korea. As the country’s military actions come under close scrutiny, its new educational reform ...
by Alice Formwalt
 

 
 

New Study Shows East Asian Countries Leading in Education

A global study has recently revealed the results from Trends in Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). The study took results from 2011 and found East Asian countrie...
by Sera Yoo
 

 
 

China’s Gaokao Fever Continues

Chinese state agency, Xinhua, reported that Xiao Yulong, a proctor for the 2012 college entrance examinations (gaokao), has been sentenced to one year in prison for ringing the bell to end the test too early.  Xiao, a now form...
by Ying Jia Huang
 

 

 

Taiwan’s Brain Drain

The Taiwanese Ministry of Education arrived in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley last week to hold its Taiwanese education fair in the United States.  The education fair featured recruiters from Taiwan’s top univers...
by Ying Jia Huang
 

 
 

Lucrative South Korean Cram Schools

In a country that places great emphasis on education and social advancement, the industry for cram schools, or hagwons, flourish.  The Korea Times report that 28,000 cram schools currently exist in South Korea, which incurs ov...
by Ying Jia Huang
 

 
 

South Korea’s “Wild Geese” Families

In a country where education is equated with supremacy, many middle-class families from South Korea have taken on the flight of the “wild-geese,” where families choose to separate to school their children abroad.  South Ko...
by Ying Jia Huang
 

 

 

China’s Civil Service Examinations

The official deadline to sign up for China’s annual civil service examinations ended on Wednesday, October 24.  According to Zhonggong Education, a private education firm that provides training for the examinations, nearly 1...
by Ying Jia Huang
 

 
 

Two Kindergarten Teachers in China Detained for Child Abuse

Two kindergarten teachers in China’s Zhejiang province have been detained by authorities after pictures of them abusing school children surfaced on the Chinese internet.  The picture was posted by one of the teachers, Yan, w...
by Ying Jia Huang
 

 
 

Education Barriers for Children of Chinese Migrant Workers

Each year, China’s migrant population continues to increase in the cities to sustain the country’s rapid growth and development.  The unseen workers of China’s economic miracle continue to be one of China’s most vulner...
by Ying Jia Huang