Improbable Probabilities: The Unlikely Journey of Yong Zhao G. Williamson McDiarmid and Yong Zhao Published by Solution Tree, 2023 Williamson McDiarmid is the Dean and Alumni Distinguished Pro...
PISA has many peculiar and surprising discoveries… Having a growth mindset is negatively associated with academic performance for participating students from China (Beijing-Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhe...
This piece was published in the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet under the title There’s a new call for Americans to embrace Chinese-style education. That’s a huge mistake. on September 20 2...
Executive Summary Interest in learning from Asia’s high-performing education systems has grown rapidly in recent years. A flurry of research reports, media stories, and personal accounts of ho...
The year 2015 will be remembered as the beginning of a new era in Chinese education, according to some Chinese press. It is the first year when a suite of policies aimed to transform the college ...
China Encourages College Students to Suspend Study and Become Entrepreneurs and Innovators “To foster a new engine of growth , we need to encourage mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and mob...
Reviews, Interviews, and News Diane Ravitch (Nov. 20 2014). The Myth of Chinese Super Schools. New York Review of Books. Rick Hess (Nov. 13, 2014) Yong Zhao’s Biting Critique of the Chinese E...
Originally published in China-US Focus on October 23, 2015. Adapted from my book Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World. China’s ...
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In 2009 Dr. Beverly Hall, former superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools, was named America’s National Superintendent of the Year for “representing the ‘best of the best’ in public ...
By 2020, about one million teachers and principals in China will be swapped between good and poor schools annually, if the nation’s new strategy for easing education inequity goes as planned. T...