China

What School Reopening Looks Like Around the World

Thu, 07 May 2020 21:47:35 GMT

Here’s a look at how countries around the world have addressed the challenges of opening schools during COVID-19.

3 Insights on the China Market

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:06:19 GMT

Working successfully in the K-12 market of the most populous country in the world requires finding a good reseller, protecting your company’s intellectual property, and getting to know your customers. (October 22, 2018.)

Culture Is Not Destiny in Education (Opinion)

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:17:32 GMT

Marc Tucker challenges the idea that the primary drivers of higher student achievement in other countries are their unique cultural contexts.

The 2015 PISA Results: What Do They Mean? (Opinion)

Tue, 06 Dec 2016 20:21:06 GMT

Marc Tucker explores how the PISA 2015 results may impact how we think about everything from math instruction and teaching quality to our place in the global labor market and immigration policy.

Looking for a Good Education Planning Model? Consider Shanghai's (Opinion)

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:22:39 GMT

Marc Tucker gives an inside look at how Shanghai developed an education reform agenda that was inclusive, thoughtful and effective.

Vocational Education & Training and the Chinese Economy: Driver or Obstacle? (Opinion)

Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:44:37 GMT

In the latest report from the Center on International Education Benchmarking, written by Asia Society's Vivien Stewart, we find that China's hopes of transitioning to a high-skill, high-wage economy will hinge on its ability to scale-up and modernize its vocational education and training system.

Shanghai: Teacher Quality Strategies (Opinion)

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:53:01 GMT

A look at how Shanghai is able to both produce high quality beginning teachers at low cost and continuously improve the skills of teachers already in the workforce, leading not only to impressive performance on PISA but better student outcomes overall.

Tom Loveless on Hukou in China (Opinion)

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:34:03 GMT

Marc Tucker explains that while China's policies regarding migrant students are problematic, these are slowly being changed. In the meantime, Shanghai's education system still has much to teach the rest of the world.

PISA Denial: Another Flavor (Opinion)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:15:19 GMT

Marc Tucker refutes critics of PISA who claim that we can ignore the poor performance of US students because the test doesn't measure the things that really matter.

Response to the Brookings Institution Attack on PISA (Opinion)

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:21:05 GMT

Marc Tucker and Andreas Schleicher respond to charges from Tom Loveless that the PISA results for Shanghai are suspect.

A Framework for Thinking and Learning (Opinion)

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:48:13 GMT

Marc Tucker interviews Kai-ming Cheng, Professor and Chair of Education and Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China.

China on the Charles (Opinion)

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:21:32 GMT

Marc Tucker recaps a recent meeting with Chinese education officials where he learned more about the country's efforts to make teaching an attractive profession to promising high school graduates.

Lessons From China

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Jessica Shyu was the head of training with Teach For China, a part of the Teach For All global network.

Lessons From Chinese Classrooms (Opinion)

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:33:00 GMT

What both countries seem to be engaged in is how to move closer to the other, without losing the strengths of each. And, of course, their "purposes" are not wholly in synch. Both want to strengthen their economies, but the Chinese state schools are not trying also to produce feisty and critical citizens for a democracy.

It's the Economy ... (Opinion)

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:07:00 GMT

I'm not regretting having spent 50 years trying to reform American public education, and I think it's more imperative today than ever. But the future doesn't depend on it the way it does on our economic crisis, our political system crisis, and our planetary self-destruction.

The Real Lessons of PISA (Opinion)

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:13:00 GMT

The lesson of PISA is this: Neither of the world's highest-performing nations do what our "reformers" want to do. How long will it take before our political leaders begin to listen to educators?

Of China, Nicholas Kristof and leisure (Opinion)

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:20:00 GMT

Dear Diane,I'm home at last. I survived our three-week jaunt with great pleasure. Shanghai to Hangshou, to Guilin, to Xi'An to Beijing—combining "business" with pleasure with my son Nicholas Meier (also an educator) and my colleague Eleanor Duckworth of Harvard. The hardest part was the leg from San Francisco to Boston, which took nearly 15 hours and required flying first to LA!

The Chinese work ethic and other news (Opinion)

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:50:00 GMT

Bridging Differences was on a brief hiatus while Deborah Meier traveled in China. Today, the blog returns with a new post from Diane Ravitch.

EdWeek in China

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

This series examines education in China today, the classroom strategies at work in schools, and the strengths and weakness Chinese educators and others see in their education system.

Focus On: World Learning

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:02:36 GMT

Education Week's archival World Learning coverage examined schooling trends and developments around the world.