Education Reform

Letters to the Editor, May 14, 2013

14 May 2013

Eco-friendly policies are feasible

3:08AM

College revolution is not just academic

19 Apr 2013

Gong Ke, president of Nankai University, is launching an ambitious reform of education at the alma mater of China's first premier, Zhou Enlai, in a bid to shift the school's focus from chasing...

4:30AM

Oxford don says education reforms 'won't hurt' Hongkongers' chances

10 Dec 2012

Secondary-education reforms that abandoned a long-running British model of schooling will not affect Hongkongers' chances of winning a place at Oxford University, its pro-vice-chancellor says.

4:59AM

Catalans see Spanish education reform as language threat

7 Dec 2012

Tensions between Spain's Catalonia region and the central government have flared over a national education reform that targets the sensitive issue of Catalan language teaching in schools.

4:34AM

Projects beneficial despite the extra work

4 Nov 2012

My daughter is in secondary school. Besides lots of homework, she also has to do projects for various subjects. It is all so time-consuming that she has to work late into the evening on school...

10:09AM

Learning Curve: understanding grades

28 Oct 2012

Former US president George W. Bush's gaffes have been a great source of amusement over the years. They include a gem he posed in January 2000: "Rarely is the question asked: is our children...

3:24PM

Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

5:37PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Ways for parents to communicate with their children's teachers

Being a parent who is also an educator has given me insight into how our behaviour as parents influences our children's in school.

9:32AM

False start for national education

Hong Kong parents do not often take to the streets to protest unless there are compelling reasons to do so. On Sunday, tens of thousands of people braved scorching heat and brought along toddlers...

9:15PM

Private tuition has its place, but only after careful consideration

A reader recently told me about her neighbour's daughter, who is in grade six at an international school.

10:33PM

letters

Revision is more than memorising

I attach great importance to my studies. I understand the value of doing revision to get good results in tests or exams.

10:09PM

The science of nurturing

There's no shortage of home-grown parenting books in the stores. Most, however, tend to be lightweight self-help advice or memoirs.

9:59PM

Self-important and judgmental teens need moral and national education