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Celebrity tutors thrive in grade-fixated Hong Kong

YoopyaDecember 12, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 12, 2013December 31, 202301

HONG KONG (AP) — When the Hong Kong school year began in September, tutor Tony Chow arranged to have his face plastered on the sides...

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Tech gurus help boost speedy Internet in schools

YoopyaDecember 7, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 7, 2013December 31, 202301

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Needed to keep a school building running these days: Water, electricity — and broadband. Interactive digital learning on laptops and tablets...

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How Paying For College Begins Well Before Freshman Year

YoopyaDecember 6, 2013June 15, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 6, 2013June 15, 202306

Don’t look now, but the cost of attending college just keeps rising, and that’s only the figures that academia wants you to know about. According to the...

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Schools close in smog-enshrouded eastern China

YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 202402

(Reuters) – Hazardous air pollution forced schools to shut or suspend outdoor activities in at least two cities in eastern China, where residents complained of the...

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Diligent Asian students dominate global exam

YoopyaDecember 4, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 4, 2013December 31, 202303

BEIJING (AP) — As a ninth-grader, Shanghai’s Li Sixin spent more than three hours on homework a night and took tutorials in math, physics and...

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Measuring the Wealth Effect in Education

YoopyaDecember 2, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 2, 2013February 14, 2024023

LONDON — While it may be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter...

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College application process intimidating to some

YoopyaNovember 30, 2013May 18, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 30, 2013May 18, 202305

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes, all it takes is a $7 burrito gift card to get high school seniors to submit their college applications early. You...

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Network of all-boys NYC public schools growing

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 202402

NEW YORK (AP) — Once seen as sexist and outdated, the all-male educational model had been resurrected to serve New York City’s poorest boys, a...

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Teacher pleads no contest to lewd acts on students

YoopyaNovember 16, 2013March 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 16, 2013March 3, 2024012

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A once-respected former teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children in what authorities said he called “tasting games” pleaded no...

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Some states move to save cursive in the classroom

YoopyaNovember 14, 2013March 6, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 14, 2013March 6, 202400

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms....