School

What Makes an Effective Teacher? From the ages of five to eighteen, a student’s life is mainly focused on learning and absorbing more knowledge. But are students really getting the education they expect? Are their brains challenged enough or are they attaining …

By: William Zeng School, for a long period of time, has always been a relatively simple matter. Back when the world was slightly less developed, the topic of education was a more trivial one, and mostly disregarded. Recently, however, education has become …

By: Joyce Ye Mark St. John, a Calculus BC teacher who has managed to help 80% of his students obtain a 5 on the AP exam, shares his experiences in teaching with Rising Star editor Joyce Ye. Q: How long have you been …

How Misbehaving student Affect the Entire Class By Shannon Lee When students don’t do what they are supposed to do, teachers are the ones responsible to acknowledge the issue and do their best to take care of the situation. Nevertheless, while the …

By Jennifer Hao The taxi dropped off me at Xi’an elementary school, in front of Mr. Wang’s apartment, on the southern side of town. After years abroad and obtaining my doctoral degree, I came back to pay him a visit. My memory …

By Jeffrey Wirjo Recently, 45 states across the United States have adopted the Common Core standards for standardized education nationwide. The standards initiative, led by the NGA and the Council of Chief State School Officers, dictates shared goals in mathematics and English …

By Belinda Zeng, Student from Harvard University It may come as no surprise, that with our approaching $17 trillion debt—that is, greater than the entire US Gross Domestic Product, which is now estimated at around 13.7—that we have now come face to …