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All posts tagged "education"

• Korean American elected to NYC education council

  One Korean American parent was elected to New York City’s Citywide and Community Education Council, where 325 seats were up for grabs this year. Henry Choi will serve as a member of Community Education Council 24. According...

  • Posted May 13, 2015
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  8 of 10 elementary school students in Seoul receive private tutoring

  By Kim Se-jeong Eight out of 10 elementary school students in Seoul received private tutoring last year and each family spent an average of 356,000 won ($329) for the lessons, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG),...

  • Posted May 6, 2015
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  5 African students receive $186,000 of scholarship to Korean university

  By Chung Hyun-chae Five African students received a combined total of 200 million won ($186,000) in scholarship Tuesday from Duksung Women’s University to support their master’s degree studies at its graduate school. The Duksung-U.N. Women Global Partnership...

  • Posted April 28, 2015
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  [NPR] The all-work, no-play culture of S. Korean education

  In South Korea, grim stories of teen suicide come at a regular clip. Recently, two 16-year-old girls in the city of Daejeon jumped to their deaths, leaving a note saying, “We hate school.” It’s just one...

  • Posted April 15, 2015
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  Why do straight-A students tend to have low SAT scores?

  By Danny Byun, Counseling Chief of FLEX College Prep Throughout middle school and freshman year of high school, James was a straight-A student. He never struggled with his class work, his teachers praised him, and his report cards...

  • Posted February 19, 2015
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  Gender inequality in education in developing nations

  Dr. James Aggrey once said, “If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” Women are the primary connection to future generations because their roles in care giving...

  • Posted February 17, 2015
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  S. Korean schools to start anti-ISIS lessons

  By Kim Rahn The South Korean government is preparing a curriculum on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for elementary, middle and high school students to prevent Korean teenagers from joining the organization. The program...

  • Posted February 12, 2015
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