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EDUCATION

“We Aren’t Stupid”: China’s Dyslexics Share Their Stories

What’s it like to have a learning difficulty in an education system focused on tests?

Story FM

June 22, 2022

EDUCATION

Inside China’s “Gaokao Factory”

A former students recounts her grueling schedule and eventual withdrawal from Hengshui, a city notorious for exam-prep schools

Renjian the Livings& Hatty Liu

June 8, 2022

EDUCATION

“We Have Students Falling Asleep in Class”: Life After China’s Private Tutoring Ban

Students, parents, and tutors discuss life after China's crackdown on after school tutoring and what’s really wrong with the education system

Crystal Liu (刘畅)& Anita He (贺文文)

Sept. 1, 2021

EDUCATION

Student’s Suicide Exposes Abusive Factory Internships

Long hours, low pay, and intimidation a regular feature of vocational work study programs

The Editors

July 14, 2021

EDUCATION

Sweat and Sacrifice: Five Stories of Gaokao

Hopes, fears, and reminisces from takers of China’s high-stakes college entrance exams

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

June 24, 2021

EDUCATION

Masters of None

MBA programs offer the most expensive education in the country—but are they little more than a status symbol?

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

May 24, 2021

EDUCATION

Paths from the Plateau

Tibetan students seek better education in the city, but what happens after they graduate?

Aria Zhang

March 18, 2021

EDUCATION

School of Life

Three young teachers return to their hometowns amid an education crisis in China’s countryside

Cindy Liu

Jan. 10, 2021

EDUCATION

Lock In, Lock Out

Students finally return to school after months at home—to “closed campuses” and other strict rules

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Sept. 18, 2020

EDUCATION

Major Indecision

For high school seniors, choosing a college program is a battle between interest, family expectation, and career

Aaron Hsueh

Aug. 6, 2020

EDUCATION

Education for Hope

The Yunnan high school that sent 1,600 girls to college

Aaron Hsueh

July 29, 2020

EDUCATION

Prodigy Raising

Extreme parenting and academic fraud cases highlight pressure to produce wunderkinds in China

Aaron Hsueh

July 23, 2020

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