IDEA (a law for programs for students with disabilities), Title I (a part of a law for programs for economically disadvantaged students), our equal opportunity laws and even, to a certain extent, the No Child Left Behind law, as well as many other laws and influences have created a system that does a good job at providing the basics (except computer basics ) to almost all students. In doing that, we’ve made teachers’ jobs much harder (though it’s worth it). Continue reading »
Oct 05
Interview with Dr. Edwina Pendarvis (III): Teacher and Parent Roles in Education
Written by: berlinf | Filed under:education | Tags:education, interview, Pendarvis
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Question: In your opinion, are teachers in the US given enough latitude to teach effectively?
Oct 01
Interview with Dr. Edwina Pendarvis (I): Anti-Intellectualism in US Schools
Written by: berlinf | Filed under:education | Tags:Anti-intellectualism, education, interview, Pendarvis
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Recently there has been much discussion in both China and the US about the advantages or disadvantages of education in both countries. For instance, Mr. Robert Compton made a movie called 2 Million Minutes, which advocates learning from China and India in its K12 education. Views by Mr. Compton was largely rejected by scholars such as Dr. Zhao from Michigan State University who suggests the US system is doing fine while the Chinese one needs reform. In the meantime, someone in China seems to have forged an article by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., former President of Yale, attacking Chinese higher education as basically a joke. If that article showed anything, it indicates extreme dissatisfaction with the Chinese educational system.
During such discussions on the differences between Chinese and American education, we interviewed Dr. Edwina Pendarvis for her input on what went wrong with the US education. Dr. Pendarvis is Professor Emeritus of Gifted Education at Marshall University and an Internationally recognized scholar of high-achieving students. Continue reading »
Mar 09
China’s Interaction with Israel and the Jewish People
Written by: shane9219 | Filed under:-guest-posts | Tags:civilization, culture, interview
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The unique history of China and the interaction of Chinese people with the rest of world give China many friends around the world. Those ties have been both strong and historical, despite Chinese’s common animosity towards old Western colonists and Japanese imperialists. This historic foundation will continue to benefit both China and the world for a long time.
The following article is an interview with a well-known Jewish scholar, covering topics both past and present, including sensitive ones such as Muslim world and China, 2008 Beijing Olympics and Steven Spielberg.
Jul 16
minipost-(Letter) The people´s republic of capitalism
Written by: guest | Filed under:-guest-posts, -mini-posts, media | Tags:documentary, interview
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This is an excerpt from Inside-Out China blog. Which again is an excerpt from Ted Kopple’s 4-hour documentary, “The People’s Republic of Capitalism.”
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May 03
Kishore Mahbubani on China
Written by: Buxi | Filed under:Analysis, video | Tags:Asia, discussion, interview
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From TVOntario’s flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Kishore Mahbubani is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and the author of “The New Asian Hemisphere.”
“One of the greatest flaws in western discourse is the assumption that the 900 million people in the West speaks for the world. They don’t!”
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