education

Youth Unemployment Rate in China Increases With a Record Number of College Graduates

Youth Unemployment Rate in China Increases With a Record Number of College Graduates

David O’Neill Asia, Hot Trend, Opinion

China is paradoxically entangled with an increasing youth unemployment rate and a shortage of workers, all the while producing the highest number of college graduates in its history. China has gone through numerous educational policy developments, especially since Deng Xiaoping opened the country’s economic door to foreign businesses in 1978. At the core, the policies have been deeply impacted by the country’s pursuit of rapid economic growth, and more recently, of a global foothold in science and technology. Accordingly, the government has pushed for having a higher percentage of its…

Politicization of U.S. Education — Critical Race Theory (CRT)

Politicization of U.S. Education — Critical Race Theory (CRT)

David O’Neill Featured, U.S.

Education in the United States, at least for K-12, has been relatively guarded against being used for political rhetoric. Rather, politics has sometimes been used as a tool to stimulate discussions and debates in classrooms. Topics for such activities have been limited to something that everyone can agree on, such as what can be done to keep the vicinity of schools clean or how to help peer students to have a healthier diet. Paula McAvoy, an associate professor of social studies education at North Carolina State University, said in an…

Teachers Are Burned Out and on the Verge of Leaving the Classroom

Teachers Are Burned Out and on the Verge of Leaving the Classroom

Madison O’Brien U.S.

The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting not only parents and students, but also educators at school, causing them to become burned out, resulting in a significant increase in teachers leaving and retiring from the education field. According to Roseangela Mendoza, a middle school social studies teacher at Ethical Community Charter School in New Jersey, who spoke to The 74, teachers are now at a burnout stage due to parents asking teachers what to do with their children and asking them to put in extra time and work to finish work –…

The Impact of the Pandemic on U.S. Colleges

The Impact of the Pandemic on U.S. Colleges

EduTimesAdmin U.S.

Despite the type of colleges, all colleges have experienced numerous declines in student numbers. The standard four-year undergraduate program offered by the colleges and universities experienced a loss, but the community school hit the most considerable hardship. Their group of students consists of a diverse range of people from students with financial difficulty, mature students, and students with different ethnic backgrounds. Due to this nature, they experienced over 13% of enrollment diminished in the past two years. What’s happening in U.S. universities? Fewer people applying to attend universities in the…

Russian Invasion of Ukraine and It’s Effect on its Education

Russian Invasion of Ukraine and It’s Effect on its Education

EduTimesAdmin Europe, U.S.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the first large scale invasion of an entire European country since World War 2. Due to Russia’s invasion, US and NATO nations have currently imposed massive sanctions on the Russian government. Not only are the Russians suffering a massive shortage in supplies due to the sanctions, but also are being cut off from the rest of the world. Companies and businesses in US or NATO have ceased their operations in Russia. Companies like Nvida, Disney, and even McDonalds are currently not in service…