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Switching Schools
NewsChina Chinese Edition October 26, 2011
Dissatisfied with the “laissez-faire” style of the US education system, many traditional Chinese parents, having migrated to the US have returned their young children to China for their formal schooling, only to bring them back to the US when they reach middle school age due to the burden of “heavy, meaningless homework.” While some would prefer their children to have a Chinese-language learning environment, the strict, repetitive nature of Chinese teaching has proven a turn-off, with parents quick to re-immerse their children in the more individualized atmosphere of American schools. The phenomenon has raised further debate in China over the education system, with parents across the country unable to decide which developmental path they want their children to follow.

December 2011
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