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     Issue No. 2(32)                                                                                                      SEPTEMBER  13, 2013
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KoreanAmericanStory.org presents a documentary this week about Democracy Prep Charter School for its unique relationship to Korean educational culture. Democracy Prep is a charter school based in Harlem, which is attended mostly by African American and Hispanic students. One unique aspect of Democracy Prep High School is that all students are required to take classes in Korean language and culture. Sounds a little weird but it was mainly due to his educational philosophy that Seth Andrew, the school founder, learned from his teaching experience in Korea 2001. He realized that the educational culture (discipline, attention, respect and in most of all rigor) was more important than the size of class. He implemented these attributing factors in his education to change kids in low self-esteem to dream high. He opened his institution in Harlem's Intermediate School 172 eight years ago and has turned a low-performer into one of the top schools in the city. What a great story! But I don't want you to be confused here. We all know the truth about the Korean educational system better than he does. His success in educational revolution is not from adopting the whole Korean educational system but using their educational culture for his problem-solving in American education.   

 

Russia and the United States agreed on Friday to push again for an international conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war as talks on removing chemical weapons raised hopes for broader negotiations. (Reuters)
delhirapists
 
An Indian court has sentenced four men to death for the gang rape and murder of a student in the capital Delhi, a case which led to violent protests across India and new laws against rape. The woman, 23, was attacked on a bus in December and died two weeks later. (BBC)
power plants
A new study by an environmental group suggests that reining in a handful of America's coal-fired power plants would have a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions. (CSMonitor)
stem cell
Trial or Treatment? Even though Tijuana has perhaps 20 clinics offering adult stem cell therapy, Dr. Javier Lopez, founder of the Regenerative Medicine Institute, says it is his that has become "the poster company to knock down."(NYT)
2020 Olympics
 
Tokyo was selected as host of the 2020 Summer Olympics, setting off a celebration at dawn Sunday in a nation fighting off two decades of deflation and still recovering from a nuclear disaster.(WP)
aging
 
In the current issue of the journal Psychological Science, researchers report that older people (over 65) showed less variability in their cognitive performance across 100 days of testing than did younger people aged 20 to 31.(Time)
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