Fairfax County Public Schools secretly sold China a 'Handbook to Clone' TJ, the top math school in the US. In exchange f

[Anonymous]

I think Chinese schools are WAY ahead of US schools in STEM education.
China is maybe curious about education styles. Chinese learning is far too rote.

[Anonymous]

If FCPS can make an easy $3.6M by selling a copy of plans that they already have, good for them. I don't see the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has had a partnership with the Chinese govt for years. They used to fly FCPS AAP principals over there to instruct China on how to build gifted programs like our AAP program, a little over a decade ago.

Was this part of it?

Considering AAP isn't a gifted program, and Chinese students could run circles around American students on any given day of the week, I highly doubt this is true.

[Anonymous]

Is that real news media outlet?

[Anonymous]

I was a scientist abroad and involved in hiring panels. The quality of education in developing nations is highly over-rated. In general, very hard to find scientists with critical thinking skills.

[Anonymous]

This is from a website founded by Ben Shapiro, people. It's the RWNJ echo chamber. Know that before you feed the troll.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t make it false. However, I don’t see a problem with it. Friends of mine traveled overseas for years to developing countries to teach in healthcare programs. Not sure this is that different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If FCPS can make an easy $3.6M by selling a copy of plans that they already have, good for them. I don't see the problem.

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Where did the money go?

[Anonymous]

Is this anything you couldn't get through a FOIA request? TJ, it's building, and curriculum aren't exactly state secrets

[Anonymous]

I'd be more concerned about foreign influence on TJ and possible propeganda than on TJ being "exported" to another country. It's really, really not hard to repeat TJ. Get your best students in an area together. Give them access to rigorous curriculum and high aspirations. Bam - TJ. I mean the only real "special" things are IBETs and the tech labs/mentorships. Everything else is pretty intuitive.

But if TJ kids are being fed Chinese government propeganda, which is what happens at many universities that have strong partnerships like these, that's an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP.

Please.

Believe me.

There are thousands and thousands of extremely rigorous STEM-heavy school all over Asia, in China, Taiwan, Singapore, S. Korea, Japan, etc. Their students run rings around our students.

China probably bought this out of curiosity, to find out what a highly-reputed STEM high school in the US was doing. And maybe they'll chuckle a bit and pass it around to friends for a laugh.

If you've been living under a rock for a generation, and you somehow still think the US is in any way competitive in the global K-12 education market...

... you have to wake up to the dire state of US education today. TJ may be among the best STEM schools we have, but it's certainly not special in Asia.

The US has world-class graduate institutions, that are extremely well-funded compared to those in other countries. This is why you see a brain drain from other countries to the US at the graduate level. Not really before that, except for some well-heeled families who believe that sending their kids to high school or undergrad here will get them an easier spot at Harvard Medical School.

- Asian.

Actually, international schools, even international branches of high-performing UK/US schools (like the overseas branches of Dulwich College), are a rapidly expanding industry in China and across Asia.

I'm an American teacher at one of the many international schools in Singapore. We have 2000+ students, most of whom are Asian. There are plenty of Asian parents eager to pay $$$$ for a Western education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP.

Please.

Believe me.

There are thousands and thousands of extremely rigorous STEM-heavy school all over Asia, in China, Taiwan, Singapore, S. Korea, Japan, etc. Their students run rings around our students.

China probably bought this out of curiosity, to find out what a highly-reputed STEM high school in the US was doing. And maybe they'll chuckle a bit and pass it around to friends for a laugh.

If you've been living under a rock for a generation, and you somehow still think the US is in any way competitive in the global K-12 education market...

... you have to wake up to the dire state of US education today. TJ may be among the best STEM schools we have, but it's certainly not special in Asia.

The US has world-class graduate institutions, that are extremely well-funded compared to those in other countries. This is why you see a brain drain from other countries to the US at the graduate level. Not really before that, except for some well-heeled families who believe that sending their kids to high school or undergrad here will get them an easier spot at Harvard Medical School.

- Asian.

Actually, international schools, even international branches of high-performing UK/US schools (like the overseas branches of Dulwich College), are a rapidly expanding industry in China and across Asia.

I'm an American teacher at one of the many international schools in Singapore. We have 2000+ students, most of whom are Asian. There are plenty of Asian parents eager to pay $$$$ for a Western education.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a scientist abroad and involved in hiring panels. The quality of education in developing nations is highly over-rated. In general, very hard to find scientists with critical thinking skills.

My experience, too

[Anonymous]

Was this part of the budget and disclosed? That would be my main issue with it. Since it's a public school.

[Anonymous]

In China, the Asian students go to these schools. The parents are very invested in these programs and their kids education.

In US, the Asian students go to these schools. The parents are very invested in these programs and their kids education.

ITS SAME -SAME. Why worry?