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Aiming toward College,am, which is administered in local schools across China on the same two days of June. During these two days, traffic is re-routed and construction projects are halted as parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles stand watch, some never leaving until their loved one emerges.

傲慢人

Ready for the Future?,identified, using technologies that have not yet been invented.”. What is needed is a system that teaches deep subject-area knowledge while also valuing originality and flexibility of thinking. This is a daunting task for the education systems of China and the United States.

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The Confucian Thread,is Confucius’s hometown,” he added. Li and I had become friends when he translated my dissertation about how young children learn into Chinese. He was a visiting professor at Pasadena Community College near my home in California and his invitation seemed a golden opportunity to explore another corne

Hypomania

Classroom Environment and Discipline,learning materials and students’ work. Teachers move around the room, often working with small groups while the rest study independently. In U.S. high schools, on the other hand, there is more teacher-centered instruction involving the whole class. Yet learning styles developed in earlier grades sti

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Performance and Improvisation,llowed us to be pretty honest when something bothered us about each other’s country. His email describing a children’s soccer tournament still makes me laugh when I re-read it today. It pinpoints so well a major difference between our cultures.

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Aiming toward College,aking the national exam for college admission. Some are holding signs urging on their children and grandchildren. Others are praying, eyes shut, hands clasped in front of their faces. Others stare into the distance, worry etched in their face. The anxiety is palpable, and it is all because of the ex

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Imaginative Engagement,ei, a linguistics instructor, still recalls the day her second-grade sports program was rained out, the teacher told stories to pass the time and asked the children to share. She enthusiastically raised her hand. The teacher asked what story she wanted to tell. When Xu Lei said it was one she had ma

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Ready for the Future?,ond, professor of education at Stanford University and nationally known advocate for improving school quality. She also points out, “The new mission of schools is to prepare students to work at jobs that do not yet exist, creating ideas and solutions for products and problems that have not yet been