Oct 30, 2014
During fall break, I went to Washington D.C. with some of my colleagues. It was a fun trip! In four days, we visited Mount Vernon (the home of George Washington),…
Oct 23, 2014
Confucius once said, “A gentleman gets along with others, but does not necessarily agree with them.” If China and the U.S. were people, then they are the gentlemen mentioned by…
Oct 15, 2014
The past two months at NCSU have been busy but rewarding. We have been gradually acclimating ourselves to our new life in the United States. Every week, we harvest the…
Oct 9, 2014
Do you remember the moment when we arrived in the United States? Every year Beijing Royal School sends teachers to study or work in the U.S. This year eight of…
Oct 2, 2014
Before I came to America, I watched the TV series, “Touch.” It’s about a boy, Jake, who can touch the future, and feel the “pain of the universe.” In his…
Sep 25, 2014
For the past four years, Dr. Hiller Spires, professor and senior research fellow at the Friday Institute, and her colleagues in the NLC have worked to build a mutually beneficial…
This week, at The Friday Institute, we had another active discussion about what we read in the last 3 chapters of Jin Li’s book, Cultural Foundations of Learning. These three…
Greetings! I am Dr. Hiller Spires, a Professor and Sr. Research Fellow at the Friday Institute and NC State’s College of Education. We are thrilled to have 8 teachers from Beijing…
Sep 15, 2014
After the 4th Biennial North Carolina Summit on US-China Education, Wang Guangfa, our principal of Beijing Royal School and Chairman of the Fazheng Group, invited us to the office of…
Sep 10, 2014
On September 4th, the Confucius Institute at NC State hosted the 4th Biennial North Carolina Summit on US-China Education at The Friday Institute. Experts and scholars from a range of professional…