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Article: Charter schools attracting Japanese; Educators study U.S. models.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: PACIFIC RIM)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2004
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Byline: Takehiko Kambayashi, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
TOKYO - Americans studied Japan's school system in the past to improve their own, but now some Japanese are attracted by a particular type of school in the United States.
More Japanese are dissatisfied with their rigid, standardized education practices and say Japan needs a kind of school where children's initiatives are encouraged. Some found models at charter schools in the United States.
Educators, specialists, university students and business people recently flew to the United States to examine charter schools.
After Satsuki Tanaka, a Japanese primary school teacher, visited charter ...