Students in China’s best schools are math and science experts, years ahead of their American counterparts. But they can’t innovate, create, or invent. Students in America’s best schools are open, creative, and full of passion. But they can’t compete with the work ethic and core skills of kids in Asia. These are the stereotypes we read in the New York Times and the Washington Post. The Asian robot versus the American slacker. But they are, of course, vast over-simplifications. Let’s delve into these ideas a little further, and explore what the differences really are between the American and the Chinese school systems, where the strengths and weaknesses really lay, and the consequences for the future of both nations. And let’s ask the question that is going to me most relevant to our own futures: Who is going to be stealing my job in 10 years, a Peking University grad, or a Yale grad?

When: November 8th, 2015, 14:00
Where: The Courtyard Institute (Zhonglao Hutong 28/中老胡同28号) (There is a map below)
RSVP to The Courtyard Institute is required: https://yoopay.cn/event/42841468
50 RMB

Mike Levy has taught for two decades in both America and China, at the high school and college level. He is currently working to help Avenues: The World School open the first dual-licensed school in Beijing, allowing local students and international students to learn together in a true east-west collaboration. Mike graduated from Cornell University in 1998 with a joint B.A. in philosophy and religious studies and received an M.A.T. from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College in 2002. Mike taught at Guizhou University (Guiyang), the largest school in China’s poorest province, as a member of the Peace Corps. Mike’s book, Kosher Chinese was named the first place winner for non-fiction in the Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” for 2011. Kosher Chinese is available via Amazon here: http://amzn.to/1PnJiF8. Mike has also published numerous articles in various media.

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