Showing posts with label Shanghai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shanghai. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

In PISA Test, Top Scores From Shanghai Stun Experts - NYTimes.com



So to improve our competitiveness in math and science we should send them Republican Congressmen who will explain why we should abolish the federal Department of Education and encourage them to do the same, so that their scores drop down to our level. It's kind of a reverse Sputnik moment strategy.
In PISA Test, Top Scores From Shanghai Stun Experts - NYTimes.com


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Monday, July 19, 2010

Stimulus: Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway starts operation

This is the equivalent - geographically and economically and ecologically of a high speed rail line between New York City and Boston. 73 minutes by rail! And it is not a test-case. There is already such a link from Wuhan to Guangzhou (like Miami to Chicago) and the Beijing to Shanghai link is about to start track laying.
Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway starts operation