“Minus 5 points for you,” says Siyoon Park, the student guidance representative.  At the crowded school gates each morning, high school students hustle to make it to classrooms on time. Right...

A six-year-old stands anxiously on a podium, suited up in a tailored fit. He recites a perfectly memorized monologue on the impact of global warming with immaculate intonation and polished English pronunciation....

After the 12:50 bell, students pour into the halls, down the stairs and rush toward the cafeteria lobby.  The smell of the day’s menu hits before the tray line comes into view. At the helm, cafeteria...

The administration announced a transition from the original 100-point scale to the “alpha mark” scale in the 2024-2025 school year. The policy intends to focus grading on student understanding and...

With only three laureates, Korea ranks near the bottom in Nobel Prize winners — a surprising yet ironic outcome for a nation that places immense emphasis and investment on youth education and academic...

Similar to previous years, the 2026 Korean CSAT (College Scholastic Ability Test) could not avoid controversy. Among its sections, the English test stirred up the fiercest debates, with many describing...

The Korean government recently proposed a dramatic shift in education policy: the high school credit-based system. With an emphasis on student autonomy and a holistic admission process, the policy starkly...

Many of America’s young watchdogs, infuriated, reported on recent administrative threats to student press freedom and the First Amendment. As student journalists, they monitor the authorities, question...

On subways and sidewalks, heads tilt down with eyes fixated on 15-second bursts of entertainment. Since TikTok’s launch, short-form platforms have expanded rapidly to shape daily life, from entertainment...

68,000 won. That’s the fee required to access a single paper from Nature – one of the most prestigious science journals in the world – as of December 2025. Under the name of these distinguished research...

English boasts its status as the international lingua franca, and South Koreans widely regard proficiency in the language as a mark of prestige. In an effort to jumpstart their children in a competitive...

Amidst the global push for AI in education, South Korea positioned itself as the world’s first implementer of AI into the official national education curriculum. Classrooms flipped over paper pages and...