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EDUCATION

The Long March to Education Reform in China

Parents demand a return to test-based learning as an official resigns after failed education reforms

“Twenty years from now, classrooms that encourage independent thinking, teamwork, and inquiry-learning will become the mainstream. I have visceral conviction in that!” These are the words of Zhuolu County education bureau director, Hao Jinlun, who tried to change the education system to prepare children for the real world. He resigned three weeks ago.

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Xiuzhong Xu was an intern at The World of Chinese in the summer of 2016.

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