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Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to Chinese in Ngaba Sparks Worry, Anger
The move follows what rights groups call Chinese efforts in other parts of Tibet to weaken Tibetans' cultural identity.
TAL Education shares slide 9% premarket after company uncovers fraudulent sales accounting, employee arrested
Shares of Tal Education Group undefined, a provider of K-12 after-school tutoring services in China, fell 9% in premarket trade Wednesday, after the company...
EF Education First Said to Pause $2 Billion Sale of China Unit
EF Education First Inc.’s planned sale of its $2 billion Chinese business is in limbo as bidders struggle to assess the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its operations, according to people familiar with the matter.
New research may point to possible role of children in coronavirus spread
Covid-19 symptoms tend to be milder in kids, according to studies in Zhejiang and Wuhan, with asymptomatic infections ‘not uncommon’. But experts say more investigation is needed.
Notes on COVID-19 and the Abrupt Digitization of Learning
The coronavirus has closed classrooms and forced education online. A professor reflects on what’s been lost in the transition.
The Coronavirus Exposes Education’s Digital Divide (Published 2020)
In China, many rural students lack the connections or hardware to learn remotely. More nations will confront the same reality as the outbreak spreads.
Education Department Investigating Harvard, Yale Over Foreign Funding
The Education Department opened investigations into Harvard and Yale as part of a continuing review that it says has found U.S. universities failed to report at least $6.5 billion in foreign funding from countries such as China and Saudi Arabia.
China’s schools embrace online learning as new virus forces students to stay at home
“There’s no choice that we have to teach online now,” said a high school teacher living in Chengdu City.
China wants more students ‘to serve country’s strategic demands’
Education ministry’s Strong Base Plan aims to boost numbers studying subjects that will help boost country’s development and security.
Camera Above the Classroom
Chinese schools are using facial recognition on students. But should they?
Founder of Chinese Education Platform Booed for Boorish Behavior
Luo Zhenyu is back in the spotlight thanks to a viral article highlighting his controversial views on women and work.
Teens from China's wealthiest regions rank top of the class in global education survey | CNN
Teens from some of China's wealthiest regions are outperforming their peers in the world's richest countries in reading, math and science, according to new results from a global education study.
Huge leaks are exposing Xinjiang's re-education camps. But don't expect Beijing to back down | CNN
The Chinese government's carefully constructed narrative around its Xinjiang detention centers appears to have been shattered by hundreds of pages of leaked documents published by Western media over the last two weeks.
Operating manual for Xinjiang's massive re-education camps allegedly revealed in leaked Chinese documents | CNN
A series of leaked documents threatens to shine a spotlight on the Chinese government's Xinjiang detention centers, indicating what Beijing claims are voluntary training schools for Muslim-majority Uyghurs are in fact heavily policed re-education camps.
Australia unveils university guidelines amid China meddling fears
Educators encouraged to consider the risks of international collaboration and share any evidence of cyber threats with the government, but some say the guidelines merely risk substituting foreign meddling for interference by the Australian state.
Chinese professor hit by online backlash over Hong Kong protest posts
Academic from Nanchang Hankong University faces ‘serious punishment’ after screenshots of private WeChat discussion in which he appeared to challenge official narrative are leaked online.
Online education site Codemao closes $58 million Series C, planning STAR IPO · TechNode
The funding may help the company compete in China’s online STEM education sector.
Decertified Chinese student association at university loses appeal
Association had been deratified after allegations it endangered students by reporting a talk by a Uygur activist to Chinese consulate; club said it had acted out of concern that the event was resulting in ‘immense emotional distress’ of Chinese students’.
Chinese online education provider Codemao nets $57m Series C round
The round was joined by Hillhouse Capital, SAIF Partners; Everbright New Economy USD Fund, and state-owned Guangdong Technology Financial Group.
Why Shares of New Oriental Education Group Gained 10% Last Month @themotleyfool #stocks $EDU $TAL
The response to its earnings report was surprising.
