China's Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More

China's Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More
Two decades ago, I studied a very similar lesson as a grade school student in Shanghai, when we had to read Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl,” a story about a poverty-stricken little girl who spends New Year's Eve trying to sell matches …
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Your Students, Your Schools – Urbandale, Johnston
The students in optional kindergarten classes have been participating in a unit about pirates. The kids practiced patterning and sorting jewels, measuring … This curriculum helps the students learn the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and drug use and …
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In Nokomis, a test run of sorts for homelessness efforts
But the experience may serve as a trial run for some of consultant Robert Marbut's plans to address homelessness countywide. The mission has operated … When they saw the center's list of services — a soup kitchen, laundry facilities, distribution of …
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