In his role as Educational Technological Coach at the Canadian International School of Beijing (CISB), Christopher Murray tries to channel his students’ interests and fascination with all things computers into a tech career in a virtually unpredictable world.
Up to now, foreigners have been exempt from China’s experimental social credit system, designed to keep citizens accountable for their actions. However, if proposed legislation drafted by the Ministry of Education (MoE) is passed, foreign teachers – whether they work at a language training center or international school – could find themselves with a credit system of their own.
You’ve tried all you can but nothing seems to work and as you watch your child struggle, you feel helpless and lost. You might be blaming yourself, thinking you could have done things differently. You’re not alone. Being a parent is the hardest job.
We took an informal pool in expat groups of parents with school-aged children. Of the 240 parents who participated 66% said that they intend to re-enroll their children in their current school despite COVID-19 uncertainties and concerns of whether their school may be able to return to normal next semester.
Over the past few months, we’ve covered news of schools officially making the announcement to switch to e-learning, SATs and IB exams being canceled, translated school re-opening regulations, provided overviews of education press conferences, shut down rumors surrounding the education community, and kept a running log of schools opening across all provinces in China.