Tag: Education

Categories Asia & Pacific

China launches strict crackdown on private tuition by banning online teaching and sessions in certain locations

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China’s Ministry of Education has banned tutors from conducting sessions online and in unauthorized locations off campus, to stop individuals profiting from private teaching after incidences of people disguising tuition. … Read More >China launches strict crackdown on private tuition by banning online teaching and sessions in certain locations

Categories Shows

On Contact: The age of manufactured ignorance

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On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the age of manufactured ignorance with the scholar Professor Henry A. Giroux. Education, Giroux writes, has increasingly become a tool of domination as right-wing pedagogical apparatuses controlled by the entrepreneurs of hate attack workers, the poor, people of color, refugees, immigrants from the south, and others considered disposable. … Read More >On Contact: The age of manufactured ignorance

Categories Asia & Pacific

China bans exams for six- and seven-year-olds over concerns about ‘physical and mental health’

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The Chinese government has announced that written examinations for six- and seven-year-olds have been banned over concerns about the impact they have on the “physical and mental health” of students. … Read More >China bans exams for six- and seven-year-olds over concerns about ‘physical and mental health’

Categories USA

California unveils new woke math program, encouraging teachers to punish good students by holding them back

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California’s Department of Education has announced that the gap between well-performing students and their less able peers must disappear, indicating that mere words are not enough – schools must deliver ‘equity’ in classrooms. … Read More >California unveils new woke math program, encouraging teachers to punish good students by holding them back