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China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams   |
Psychology Today
Jul/Aug 2008
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Plight of the Little Emperors Coddled from infancy and raised to be academic machines, China's only children expect the world. Now they're buckling under the pressure of their parents' deferred dreams. |
Wired
April 2006
Michael Erard |
The Mandarin Offensive Inside Beijing's global campaign to make Chinese the number one language in the world. |
Salon.com
May 11, 2001
Meg Robbins |
The failure of testing President Bush wants to "test every child, every year." But a growing movement of families and teachers insists this is a formula for mediocre schooling and stressed-out kids. |
Salon.com
March 30, 2001
Meredith Maran |
Can Berkeley High rebound? An ambitious program to rescue black students before they fail starts a debate over how much help is too much... |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Daniel Golden |
The SAT Is to America as ____ Is to China The College Board wants permission to offer the SAT in China, opening up a huge market for the $600 million business. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2008
Kristin Graham |
New Oriental: Ahead of the Class Chinese education provider aces 2008. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
Real Travel Adventures
June 2007
Julie Thompson |
Discovering the Chinese Way Two sisters, in China to teach conversational English, found out what it was really like to live the Chinese way. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
William Symond |
The Thinking at Harvard, West Point, and Smith Elite colleges are looking to expand their intakes of low-income students. Here's how three big names are doing it. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2002
Kevin T. McNulty |
Fostering the Student-Centered Classroom Online There are many ways to maximize use of the Internet to benefit student instruction. On my classroom Web site I publish tutorials to assist with classroom instruction, and students use the site as a launchpad to research information... |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2008
Jennifer Demski |
E-Palling Around A student-only e-mail service is providing academic benefits and opportunities for cultural exchange for kids from all over the world. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009
Dian Schaffhauser |
Boundless Opportunity National borders are no match for the reach of online technologies, as demonstrated by a host of collaborative projects that use web-based platforms to link US students with their peers abroad. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2002
Rushton Hurley |
Fine-Tuning an Online High School to Benefit At-Risk Students In late 2001, San Antonio, Texas, started a virtual school designed to give students a new environment in which to pursue their high school studies. The experience challenged those of us running the program to repeatedly revisit assumptions about learning and administration. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2004
Cecile M. Arquette |
A University-Public School `Key-Pal' Partnership Thoughtful teachers must find time to fit technology into their crowded schedules. One way to accomplish this task is to combine pen pals, an old technique, with the Internet to create electronic pen pals called "key pals." |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2007
Neal Starkman |
Special Consideration Year-end testing can produce a false picture of students with unique challenges. They need individualized, frequent assessments - thanks to technology, they're getting them. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2007
Sophia Asare |
Putting College Within Reach for Many Nonprofit programs provide intensive admissions-prep services for promising kids from low-income backgrounds. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2002
Mark Nixon |
How the Web Keeps Parents 'In the Know' As teachers and parents work together to assist students in their studies, the Web has emerged as a highly effective and informative communication tool to meet the needs of today's busy teachers and parents... |
TIME Asia
January 24, 2011
Hannah Beech |
China: Two Faces, Fierce and Friendly When it comes to Chinese diplomacy, there always seems to be two sides to the story. |
Registered Rep.
December 19, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2002
Douglas W. Green & Thomas O'Brien |
The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom Culture Does Internet use result in an increase in constructivist teacher practices? What other features of classroom life are impacted when the Internet is used as a source of information for student research projects? |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2001
Matthew Washenberger |
Classroom Web Sites and Student Success My focus is on whether the students are using the site and if it seems to be helping the students succeed... |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000
Jeffrey Weld |
Fly Guys New science teachers face the Herculean task of teaching the right way without drawing fire for transgressing an often faulty traditional model |
Reason
June 2005
Lisa Snell |
How Schools Cheat From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging test scores, educators are lying to the American public. |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000
Ronald A. Wolk |
Real-World Lessons So what is this exciting addition to the high school curriculum---a curriculum that a majority of American students find boring? It's not a new discovery but an old, tried-and-true idea: learning by doing, integrating ideas with action, linking the classroom to the real world. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2007
Neal Starkman |
eLearning :: Going the Distance Offering benefits of convenience, independence, and even improved academic performance, virtual schools promise to be here for the long haul. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2003
Bessell et al. |
Engaging Families With Technology This article provides hands-on strategies for researchers and educators alike to implement with families from diverse cultural backgrounds, including the culture of poverty, to increase parental involvement in children's formal schooling. |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo |
Pressure Points Tough teachers resist students' pleas for extra credit. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2007
Neal Starkman |
A Virtual Treasure Trove The educational opportunities offered online can help students explore ancient Mayan ruins - or the reasons behind a poor essay grade. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2000
Elizabeth Amberg |
Focus on Productivity This month's Focus On examines some of the software titles that are available to help teachers prepare for class, assess their students' abilities, and keep track of student performance... |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2009
Jennifer Demski |
Facebook Training Wheels A secured social networking site allows schools to incorporate the technology into academics while preparing students for the perils of online communities. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Jennifer Demski |
Learning to Speak Math The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2006 |
2006 Innovators Teachers who have demonstrated the power of educational technology to transform teaching and learning. |
Fast Company
December 2001
Chuck Salter |
Attention, Class!!! 16 Ways to Be a Smarter Teacher In an economy filled with surprise and uncertainty, being an effective leader means being a good teacher. But how do you lead and teach at the same time? Who are your most important students? And what about recess? |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2000
Patricia S. Smeaton & Faith H. Waters |
Keeping Connected An Asynchronous Communication System to Support Student Teachers |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2005
Antonio Graceffo |
On Learning the Awful Chinese Language You don't know how much you need to learn a new language until you live there. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000
Sue Shelton |
Breathing New Life into a Dead Language: Teaching Latin Online |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2002
Dan Holden |
The Litany Investigating the organizational changes needed to make technology effective in the classroom and create an environment where no child is left behind |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2001
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Math In addition to receiving extra help from parents and peers, students may sharpen their math skills with a number of math software programs. This article details mathematical solutions that cater to all levels, skills, languages and state standards... |
BusinessWeek
September 1, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads China's new university graduates lack the skills companies need, and there are too many of them, which is keeping salaries low. |
ifeminists
December 17, 2002
Glenn Sacks |
Why Teachers Leave An effective school or school district leadership does one thing above all: It keeps good teachers in the classroom. Our schools are like an army whose best soldiers, year after year, are deserting. I have three solutions. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000
Pat Herr |
The Changing Role of the Teacher: How Management Systems Help Facilitate Teaching... |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2005
Geoffrey Fletcher |
Building a Better Assessment Program Now is the time to utilize the technology we have, to create a system that encourages students to learn rather than just pass a test. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
The price of Internet freedom Chinese dissidents thought of Yang Zili as a Web handyman. The government saw him as a threat... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Jody C. Isernhagen |
Technology: A Major Catalyst for Increasing Learning "If you can conceive of it, you can achieve it." (Kennedy Space Center, Florida) A rural Nebraska public school district adopted this philosophy when they applied for a three-year competitive Excellence in Education Grant in late 1995.... |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
SAT: Seek A Tutor? For a test that you can't technically "fail," there's an awful lot of groaning going on today over the Class of 2006 in regard to its SAT scores. Could the tutoring industry benefit? Investors, take note. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2002
Tshepo Batane |
Technology and Student Collaboration A research project in one Botswana secondary school |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2005
Knudson & Cantrell |
A New Competitive Grant Model for Nevada The Nevada Department of Education uses a comprehensive program to measure the benefit to students of a technology package (computer, LCD projector, internet access and web-based instruction) delivered to teachers. Some results were exciting and not expected. |
