15-07-21 The Ministry of Education in China has announced a new regulation that bans any paid make-up classes organized by primary schools or middle schools. 日前,我国教育部宣布新规,严禁中小学校进行有偿补课。 有偿补课可以用 paid make-up classes表示。Paid表...
15-05-21 Britain's most prestigious boarding schools are enrolling one foreign student for every five new pupils amid school fee rises that are 'squeezing' the middle class. 随着学费上涨,英国最著名的寄宿学校每招收五个新生中就有一个是外国学生,本国中产阶层学...
14-11-21 Schools are being urged to go back to 'chalk and talk' teaching that was once widespread in Britain -- in order to reproduce the success the traditional methods now have in China. 为了学习传统教学在中国取得的成功,英国教育大臣建议学校重拾填鸭式教学...
14-10-24 Say it with us: Kids today have it sooooo easy. 跟着我们一起说:今天的孩子们过得太舒服了。 A new smartphone app will do their math homework for them, provided it's not too complicated. PhotoMath by microblink uses a phone's camera to solve equations...
14-10-24 朝鲜历来是西方国家的眼中钉,但英国有这么一位就职于著名学校的音乐老师不仅不敌视朝鲜,反而欲在自己的课程内容中加入朝鲜音乐的部分。 It is one of the country's most exclusive public schools, where parents pay fees of up to 36,000 a year so that their so...
14-07-31 Liberia's government has announced that it is closing down all schools across the country to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. 利比里亚政府宣布将关闭全国所有学校阻止埃博拉病毒的蔓延。 Some communities would be placed under quarantine(检疫...
13-11-02 As American schools struggle with issues of race, diversity and achievement, a new study in the American Sociological Review has split the difference in the ongoing discussion of resegregation(恢复种族隔离) . Yes, black, white and Hispanic student...
13-05-09 The Panamanian government has ordered schools to close and government offices to reduce their opening hours as the country suffers from a power shortage. 巴拿马正面临电力短缺的窘境,政府下令关闭学校以及政府办公室以节约能源。 It also declared a droug...
13-02-27 The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch. Most school math contests are one-shot events where girls underperform relative to their male clas...
12-09-26 Kenyan schools have re-opened following a three-week strike by teachers after a deal was agreed to raise salaries. 肯尼亚各学校重新开放,此前三个星期由老师们发动的罢工因提薪协议达成而停止。 The government had threatened to sack them all last Friday...