Behind the Headline: In Education-Crazy South Korea, Top Teachers Become Multi-Millionaires

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In Education-Crazy South Korea, Top Teachers Become Multi-Millionaires
12/30/14 | Washington Post

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Can Disruptive Innovation Transform South Korea’s Schools?
3/12/14 | Education Next blog

In Korea, teachers at online cram schools called hagwons, which prepare students for college entrance exams, can earn millions of dollars. Anna Fifield describes how this system works in the Washington Post.

Ed Next’s Michael Horn spent three weeks in Korea this spring and wrote about its education system here, here, here, and here.

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