Solutions to Taiwan's Education Woes
'Star' Schools: Gleaning the Wheat Left Behind
Taiwanese education is known for its obsession with teaching students how to test into a handful of elite schools. What can these "star" schools do to make the system more diverse?
Solutions to Taiwan's Education Woes
The Government: Five Urgent Tasks
After a decade of reforms, Taiwan's education system is reeling with more problems than ever before. Here is a shortlist of the most important undertakings awaiting the new administration.
Solutions to Taiwan's Education Woes
Home Schooling: Learning Custom-made for Kids
A growing number of Taiwanese parents are choosing to teach their children on their own at home, designing learning environments specifically suited for each kid's unique needs.
Solutions to Taiwan's Education Woes
Communities: A Rhythm of Life for Disadvantaged Kids
Community volunteers are giving children from broken families the support they need to regain a sense of belonging, and the confidence to succeed in life.
Liu Chao-shiuan
The 'Master of Chivalry' Becomes Premier
The Premier-designate will need the skills and dexterity of the martial arts heroes he creates to overcome the many challenges facing him and the country.
Education
Reform Fattens Cram School Coffers
After a decade of education reforms, Taiwan's private afterschool schools have grown in number to 17,400, comprising an underground education empire.
Education
Child Soldiers in Classroom Combat
Education in Taiwan has become an all-out struggle, locking kids into competition at increasingly early ages. Why is it that the more the education system is reformed, the more it stresses exams?