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Sun, July 21, 2019 | 23:59

Protest against elite school abolition

Parents of students at Sangsan High School in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, protest against the regional education office's cancellation of its autonomous private high school license, calling on the Ministry of Education not to approve the cancellation, during a rally in front of the Government Complex Sejong, Wednesday. / Yonhap

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-17 19:33

VANK intern fights for true history about Korea

An American high school student is drawing attention from the Korean community there for sending letters to U.S. textbook publishers to increase coverage of Korean history.

Jhoo Dong-chan | 2019-07-15 16:52

Middle school student assaulted teacher for money

Two middle school students have been suspended after one hit his teacher in the back of the head because the other offered him 20,000 won ($17) to do so. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE), Wednesday, the incident occurred at a middle school in Seongbuk-gu, northeastern Seoul, during science class. Later on, the student confessed that his friend ac...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-11 17:19

Teaching Korean at height of raging K-Wave

Satchukorn Kaewchuay, a high school Korean language teacher in Thailand, has no trouble keeping his students focused in class. “I use examples that refer to EXO or BTS and the students perk up and participate,” Kaewchuay told The Korea Times at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul, Tuesday.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-07-10 16:31

Gov't issues YouTube guidelines for teachers

As a growing number of teachers in their 20s and 30s are becoming prominent on the YouTube scene, the Ministry of Education has decided to officially permit these online activities and has issued guidelines for teachers producing YouTube content.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-10 09:01

Eight elite high schools on brink of losing licenses

The Seoul regional education office has decided to strip eight autonomous private high schools of their licenses, raising speculation that the government's push to abolish the “elite” school system is gaining traction.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-09 16:53

Parents, students support school workers' strike

Collective actions by teachers or other school workers have not usually gained support from students and parents because such actions affect children's daily school life ranging from study to lunch meals and after-school care programs.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-05 17:39

Why do you learn English? 46% of Koreans say it gives 'new opportunities'

For many Koreans, learning English is a self-imposed, never-ending headache - the language is too challenging to master but too charming to let go.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-03 16:51

Elite school claims evaluation flawed

An autonomous private high school has claimed there were flaws in the regional education office's evaluation for license renewal, urging the office to retract its decision stripping its school of the license. This is the first time a school has raised an issue with the evaluation process, and similar claims may follow if more autonomous private high schools in other regions f...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-07-02 17:35

Temporary school workers to go on strike this week

Irregular employees working at schools, including cafeteria cooks and janitors, are set to stage a three-day nationwide strike this week, calling for a pay raise. The planned walkout is feared to have an impact on many school operations ranging from school lunches to after-school daycare services, which will inconvenience households where both parents work.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-01 16:41

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