The Line, Ep. 14: Raising Excellent Sheep
A spirited discussion with a panel of experts reveals a link between the educational arms race and increasing class anxiety.
A spirited discussion with a panel of experts reveals a link between the educational arms race and increasing class anxiety.
What is a good education? In the good old days, when education was the privilege of a few, a gentleman was expected to have classical…
Maya Thiagarajan is the author of Beyond the Tiger Mom, a more thoughtful take on parenting differences between East and West than that other…
In the popular imagination, or at least that of liberally minded “good” parents, the one thing to be avoided at all costs is the…
The past few decades have seen an explosive growth in international schools in Asia. At the last count, Thailand had a hundred and seventy…
If we believe that education is a public good, then now is the time to raise the decibel level on the conversation around private tutoring.
If we want to spread secular and scientific thought, we need better and more translations of scientific ideas into the vernacular.
After all, success today demands an almost monastic discipline.
What is the future of higher education in Asia?
A closer look at Confucianism reveals a surprisingly liberal learning tradition.