In China, the children of the privileged can sail off into lives made smooth by their families, always scoring highest, getting into the best programs, and ultimately finding their way to the top leadership of the nation. Sound familiar?

Standardized testing is no foreigner to education -- both in the United States and abroad. But while the high-stakes tests are being criticized for th...

Just as students around the country buckle down for final exams at school, their counterparts in China are sitting for a test of their own. But unlike...

If teaching in China taught me anything, it taught me to be very skeptical of high stakes testing. It distorts curricula, makes teaching a chore, and favors the rich.

Our educational system is brutal and dehumanizing, but the acceptance letter you receive will not determine your fate, job, happiness, or how much you will learn in the next four years.

Are Chinese and American education models heading for a role reversal? As leaders work in China to move the country away from its notoriously rigorou...