China’s education reforms were meant to lower costs. So why is schooling more expensive?
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Two years since China passed education reforms to lower schoolwork burdens and reduce inequalities in education outcomes, the divide only appears …
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China’s changes to rules on schoolwork and private tutoring, intended to narrow gaps between haves and have-nots, appear to have had opposite effect Parents still seek extra edge in hyper-competitive educational environment, pushing costs up and deepening chasm further.
This is the first in a two-part series on how the changing state of education in China is having far-reaching economic implications. The second part is available here. For Tan Biao, mother of a 15-year-old boy from a rural area in southern China’s Guangdong province, finding a suitable after-school tutor has been a challenge verging on the impossible. As in the past, doing so is expensive. But now, money is not the only factor – extensive connections are required to find any service, much less one of quality, as most collapsed overnight after a sweeping ban on after-school tutoring took effect in 2021. Those which survived are mostly operating underground. “We don’t have any channel for them, nor are their prices affordable,” Tan said. She earns an irregular income at a foreign trade company in Guangzhou and rarely sees her children, who stayed in their hometown of Renhua county in the province’s far north….
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Gearing up for Computer Science Education Week | Microsoft EDU Microsoft Education Blog
Engage in computer science learning this Computer Science Education Week! Explore computer science activities & Hour of Code lessons from …
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US Department of Education investigates 6 more schools for discrimination amid tensions …
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Six more schools are under investigation for discrimination, including antisemitism and Islamophobia, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
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PISA 2022 Results (Volume I) : The State of Learning and Equity in Education
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The State of Learning and Equity in Education. The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in …
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Some US Schools Operate outside State Education System
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… education. U.S. public school enrollment fell by more than 1.2 million students in the first two years of the pandemic. Many families sent their …
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Education Department unveils timeline for Title IX, loan forgiveness rules | Higher Ed Dive
Higher Ed Dive
Education Department officials have twice postponed the two Title IX rules, first aiming to have them out in May 2023, then October. One rule details …
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $277 Million In Education Innovation and Research …
Department of Education
The Education Development Center will launch a project titled “Math for All: Expanding Professional Learning to Improve Mathematics Outcomes for …
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Harvard and NYC Education Department face federal probe over allegations of antisemitism … – CNN
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The US Department of Education added Harvard University and the New York City Department of Education to a growing list of universities and school …
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House Education chairman eyes fourth-grade “retention” law – Tennessee Lookout
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The State Board of Education recently tweaked its rules to specify how student test scores will be calculated to determine whether they advance. The …
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Bellarmine launches groundbreaking cannabis education certificate in Kentucky
Bellarmine University has launched the first cannabis education certificate program offered by a public or nonprofit Kentucky university, …
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