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Seven special needs students pass A-level exams with flying colours


Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority chief Francis Cheung Wing-ming has commended seven candidates who overcame difficulties to pass A-level exams with flying colours. They ...

Student wins battle for judicial review


The High Court this week granted an application for a judicial review of whether the Education Bureau has discriminated against students with learning difficulties. Choi Wai-chu, an ...

Mother-tongue teaching champion retires, but not without a fight


Of all the critics of recent adjustments to the classroom language policy, Michael Tien Puk-sun stands out for his vociferous defence of mother-tongue teaching and high-profile ...

New chairman aims to keep ship on trilingual bearings


Cheng Kai-ming, senior adviser to the vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, has been appointed chairman of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (Scolar). ...

'Lehman's bet was riskier than soccer'


A Hong Kong maths prodigy has won an award for a paper that explains how US investment firm Lehman Brothers went to the wall because it got its sums wrong. Horatio Boedihardjo, 18, who ...

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Practice really does make perfect for gifted pupils


In this final article in a three-part series, Stephen Tommis spells out six important lessons for educators.
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Screen generation comes of age


Information technology allows Australian school to develop independent thinkers. Brendan O'Malley reports.
 
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Colleges make cuts to cope with the financial crisis


Dirtier windows, fewer phones and hiring freezes feature among US measures. Tamar Lewin reports.

UK teachers given more freedom from controls


Teachers in Britain are to be given more freedom over how they educate pupils under government plans to end a decade of centrally controlled education policy.
 
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Hedge fund pursues child maths prodigy


After Horatio Boedihardjo's paper was posted on Plus Magazine's website, the teenager was bombarded with job offers from a hedge fund, his dad said.
 

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