Study Burden Cut

正Primary and junior-high school students and their parents across the country have seen some changes since the new school year started on September 1. Students have less homework, and their parents no longer need to correct the homework of their children. At the same time, the number of after-school tutoring institutions for primary and junior-high school students is reducing.     

Go West

<正>Fruitful 20 years of the assistance program pairing inland regions with Xinjiang Groups of school teenagers smiling radiantly under the yellow sandy sky—this is the impression of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that Xue Xianjun,a middle school teacher from Beijing,will always remember.     

Will More Exam Points Help Improve Student Physical Education?

Yunnan Province in southwest China recently released its reform of the high school entrance exam,where the total score allocated to physical education(PE)will be raised from 50 to 100 points,equal to the socal ed"three major subjects"of Chinese,Math and English.The reform will be implemented in the fall semester of 2020 for middle school students seeking to get into high school,which comprises grades 10-12.     

A Sound Principal Underlying a Good Education

WHEN Zhuo Li arrived for his first day of teaching at Beijing＇s Shijia Hutong Primary School nearly half a century ago, the school comprised 19 shacks in an abandoned temple. The principal addressed student assemblies through a paper cone in place of a bullhorn. In the intervening 46 years, the school has grown into one of the most prestigious in China＇s capital, complete with mod- em buildings and top-rate teaching. Zhuo has been instrumental in this development, serving 25 years as deputy principal before becoming the school＇s principal 18 years ago. His progressive ideas regarding education have helped set the school＇s tone and make it one of the most highly regarded educational institutions in Beijing.     

Giving Your Chinese a Local Flavor

<正>Wang,the driver of our school bus,is the most animated speaker I have ever seen—in any language. He is generally so excitable on the drive to and from school that he entertains all the teachers.He maintains a constant flow of     

A CLASS ACT

Closing the urban-rural education gap becomes a focus of school reform Gong Weiquan is the headmaster of a middle school in a village in Yunnan Province in southwest China. But last October, he was given a task。     

Let Children Study in Safer Classrooms

No longer has Shama Arlin needed to travel 7.5 kilometers of mountain road to go to school every day. Now the little fourth grader lives in a boarding school together with 282 school mates. ＂Without this boarding school, I would have dropped out long ago. Now that I live in the school, without having to climb the tall mountains along the serpentine paths and cross rivers, I am free from any worries and settle down on my school work.＂     

The Power of Youth

正New-generation Chinese make their voices heard at home and farther awayFor a high school student,Lu Hailin has a mature attitude to bullying,a common phenomenon in schools worldwide.She did not approve of it when a friend of hers in school—Zhenhai High School in Ningbo,east China’s Zhejiang Province—became jealous of a peer and got people from outside the campus to bully the student."My friend was punished by the school     

Sino-Japanese Friendship-City Primary School Pupils Table Tennis Tournament

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan,the Sino-Japanese friendship-city primary school pupils table tennis tournament,one of the important activities of 2007,     

First Japanese High School Student Delegation Visits China After Earthquake

At the invitation of the China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA),a 94-member delegation of senior high school students visited Beijing,Shanghai and Nanjing from March 29 to April 4.The delegation of senior high school students from Osaka,Aichi and five other prefectures in Central Japan were led by Akiyoshi Hayashi,Vice President of the Japan-China Friendship Association (JCFA),Osaka.     

SCHOOL BELLS ARE RINGING

正A fire drill conducted at a primary school in Changning District, Shanghai, serves as the first class of the new semester on September 1. Following one firefighter’s instructions, students made their way along the escape route.On September 1, primary and secondary schools across the country ushered in the first day of school amid anti-virus measures.     

SCHOOL INFORMATION

Tsinghua SEM Gets EQUIS Accreditation The School of Economies and Management of Tsinghua University(Tsinghua SEM)was awarded accreditation from the European Quality' Improvement System(EQUIS)at the end of February 2008.This makes Tsinghua SEM the first business school on the Chinese mainland to be accredited by EQUIS.Together with the accreditation awarded by AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)in 2007,Tsinghua SEM becomes the only business school on the Chinese mainland to be accredited by both AACSB and EQUIS,two of the most prestigious international accreditations of management education.     

Music Is a Calling,Not a Work Skill

XING Weikai, 44, is principal of the Middle School A liated to the Central Conservatory of Music. The school     

What Kind of School Buses Do We Need?

正Following a string of road accidents in some provinces involving the death of pupils and preschoolers in the last two months of 2011, the Central Government of China decided to upgrade the national standards on the technical specification of school buses.     

Teaching Happiness

Beijing Review:What is the purpose of a high school education? Anthony Seldon:All over the world education is being reduced to exam passing and testing.Some exams are necessary,but it’s only a part of the story.We are very academic as a school but we are much more than just     

A Jubilee Letter In Acrobatics

An acrobatic school restores the legend of the traditional Chinese art October 20 this year marked the 60th anniversary of the China National Acrobatic Troupe (CNAT).The grand performance,     

After the Quake： Psychological Treatment Following the Disaster

Psychological Care for Young Survivors ＂Earthquake, run!＂ Since the Si-chuan earthquake, sixth-grader Wen Dengyu from Xinjian Primary School, Dujiangyan City, can often be heard shouting these words in his sleep. When the quake hit, Wen was in class on the fourth floor of his school. He managed to rush out of the building and into the playground, but many of his classmatesand his teacher were less fortunate. Wen Dengyu saw them buried alive by the collapsing school building.     

RESHAPING EDUCATION

正New policy relieves student burden and changes thelandscape of the tutoring industry As the new semester started on September 1,Liu Jing,mother of a primary school pupil in Beijing,heaved a sigh of relief since her kid can now arrive at school at 8:20 a.m.on a weekday,about half an hour later than before.     

A Treasured Friendship

正IN June 2014 the President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso visited China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping.During his stay he met with some teachers and students from the China-Congo Friendship School in Chindu County,Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Qinghai Province.The school was built with fi nancial aid from the Republic of Congo following the earthquake of 2010.During a visit to the central African nation in March 2013,President Xi hailed the gesture as a sign of true friendship between the Republic of Congo and China and cited letters written by the school’s students thanking President Sassou Nguesso.One student wrote,"Birds enjoy greater freedom under the open sky,     

Practical Learning

A new vocational school in Beijing offers free education to children from poor rural migrant families Three years ago, Wang Lin was admitted to a key middle school in Sanhe County, Hebei Province. But, like many rural children who struggle with poverty, Wang gave up the opportunity to attend the school because of its cost-3,000 yuan. His mother was seriously ill at the time, making the situation