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Posts Tagged ‘Thailand’
 

 

Mandarin-Speaking Volunteers Power New Program for Thai Schools

More than 1,000 volunteers from China are headed to Thailand for a new program to teach Mandarin to Thai students, beginning in primary and secondary schools. An additional 4,000 Chinese volunteers are expected later after the ...
by Amanda Bragg
 

 
 

Parts of Southeast Asia See Internet Boom

The internet has become more prevalent in my neck of the woods, and I couldn’t be more excited about the possibilities this creates for better education in Cambodia and in developing countries nearby. According to Interne...
by Travis Thompson
 

 
 

Open Equal Free Chief Going to Laos on a Fulbright!

We couldn’t be prouder of our Nerd-in-Chief Michael Jones.  He’s been awarded a Fulbright research grant to study education in rural Laos. He’s spent a lot of his career in schools in Thailand and Cambodia, s...
by Travis Thompson
 

 

 

Progress in the Fight for Inclusive Education in Thailand

In Thailand the struggle for inclusive education has gained momentum during the past decade. Although, implementing a system that ensures that children with disabilities have access to mainstream schools has been difficult, acc...
by Marliz Calleja
 

 
 

New Thai Program Urges Schools to Speak English

Thailand is in the thick of its nationwide project “2012 English Speaking Year”.  The aim is to teach English at least once a week in all state schools in order to ease Thailand’s entry into the ASEAN communi...
by Travis Thompson