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- US Lags Behind China on Student Math Skills, PISA Results - The Epoch Times December 4, 2013US Lags Behind China on Student Math Skills, PISA ResultsThe Epoch Times“It is no news that the Chinese education system is excellent in preparing outstanding test takers,” wrote Yong Zhao, education professor at the University of Oregon on his blog in 2010, after the previous PISA test scores were published. He pointed ...and more » […]
- NAPLAN, HSC will not help students succeed in real life - WA today November 25, 2013WA todayNAPLAN, HSC will not help students succeed in real lifeWA todayProfessor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, specialises in the implications of globalisation and technology on education. This is his keynote address at the International Conference on Creativity and Academic Excellence, at Knox Grammar School, ...and more » […]
- Going online by degrees at UO, OSU - The Register-Guard November 25, 2013Going online by degrees at UO, OSUThe Register-GuardWhen millennials come breezing into Deb Bauer's online business finance classes offered by the University of Oregon, some of them think that, because they're away from a classroom and on a computer, it's going to be easy. “I try to blow that out of the ...and more » […]
- Japan's Cutthroat School System: A Cautionary Tale - The Atlantic November 22, 2013The AtlanticJapan's Cutthroat School System: A Cautionary TaleThe AtlanticThis is the critique that University of Oregon Professor Yong Zhao makes of our emphasis on testing in the U.S. From his perspective, the goal of global competitiveness is the right goal, but to get there we need education that focuses on creativity ... […]
- Untangling the truth about test scores: Reign of Error part 4 - ChicagoNow (blog) November 14, 2013ChicagoNow (blog)Untangling the truth about test scores: Reign of Error part 4ChicagoNow (blog)Chinese-born professor at the University of Oregon Yong Zhao worries that those unique aspects of American public education are at risk: "In our eagerness to copy nations with higher test scores, we may sacrifice the qualities of individualism and ...and more […]
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