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Home-based learning

Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cut-throat market

Estella, 14, a homeschooled student, attends a Spanish class in her home in Shanghai.
Estella, 14, a homeschooled student, attends a Spanish class in her home in Shanghai.

Why American parents are abandoning public schools

Public school enrolment in the US has plunged by more than a million students in just four years, the steepest decline in decades.
Public school enrolment in the US has plunged by more than a million students in just four years, the steepest decline in decades.

Forum: With freedom of home-based learning comes need for discipline

Online learning for kids is a delicate balancing act 

In the world of online learning, the digital domain comes with challenges despite all the talk of convenience and ease.
In the world of online learning, the digital domain comes with challenges despite all the talk of convenience and ease.

Interest in online tuition in S’pore stays high after pandemic

A primary school pupil learning about pictorial equations via a live online class on the Spark Education platform.
A primary school pupil learning about pictorial equations via a live online class on the Spark Education platform.

Is Asia ready for... the next pandemic?

Changed forever by one pandemic, is Singapore ready for the next?

Singapore has taken smart steps using experienced from Covid-19, but that may still not be enough against Disease X, say expert.s
Singapore has taken smart steps using experienced from Covid-19, but that may still not be enough against Disease X, say expert.s

Minor Issues: My New Year wish list for Singapore’s education system

Schools can now set their own start times, but most have stuck to 7.30am.
Schools can now set their own start times, but most have stuck to 7.30am.

Online tools to keep enhancing learning in Singapore

Asian Insider

Online tools to keep enhancing learning in S'pore

What parents can do to help their child have a productive HBL day

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