{"id":11649,"date":"2017-12-02T21:08:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T02:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/?p=11649"},"modified":"2017-12-15T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:22:02","slug":"letter-from-taiwanese-school-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/letter-from-taiwanese-school-under-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter From Taiwanese School Under Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear all,<\/p>\n

This Heather from Taiwan.<\/p>\n

Our school is in an emergency. We need your help!!<\/p>\n

Humanity School\u2019s Elementary and Junior High is funded by the government. It is run as a not for profit,\u00a0founded by our parents,\u00a0The Humanity and Differential Education Foundation. This model is sometimes translated as a\u00a0\u201cCharter School,\u201d\u00a0but it is not exactly the same as the way it is in America.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we got a very sad news. The government announced to cancel the contract with our foundation!!! Which means,\u00a0the Humanity School is being taken back by our local government!!!!<\/p>\n

The main reason the local government is taking back Humanity School from us is: For a long time,\u00a0we have been neglecting the academic achievement of our students. We receive payments in addition to government-funded tuition\u00a0(For example,\u00a0the budget that the government provides only supplies classes with a\u00a01:30\u00a0teacher-student ratio,\u00a0while the ratio of Humanity is 1:7. But we always seek for financial support for those in need.)\u00a0Therefore,\u00a0they say we are harming students’ growth and is socially unjust.<\/p>\n

In the year of 2014,\u00a0Taiwan passed the “Three Acts Governing Experimental Education”,\u00a0which accredits three forms of experimental education: The Non-School Form,\u00a0the School Form,\u00a0and the Charter Form. By calling them “Experimental Education,” it means that none of these experimental initiatives are required to follow the national regulations,\u00a0such as the national curriculum,\u00a0among others.<\/p>\n

We have always been proud of Taiwan’s policy change. But I feel it’s a shame that our school’s situation could still happen at a local level<\/p>\n

How can I just let it happen and do nothing!?<\/p>\n

So we need your help!<\/p>\n

You can help us by doing the following steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Take a short video\u00a0(around 30 seconds),\u00a0or write a letter. Tell everyone what the value you see in our school is,\u00a0and in what way is our education important to the world.
    \nIn the end of the video,\u00a0please tell us: Where are you from,\u00a0what is your name,\u00a0what is your organization\/position,\u00a0and say “don’t kill the pride of Taiwan.”<\/li>\n
  2. Where to put the video or letter? Please put on your Facebook page,\u00a0hashtag #DontkilltheprideofTaiwan #\u5225\u7528\u6846\u6846\u627c\u6bba\u5b69\u5b50\u7684\u672a\u4f86\u00a0and also send the profile to\u00a0heather1314520@gmail.com\u00a0for me.
    \nIf it\u2019s possible,\u00a0please do it before\u00a0December 10th,\u00a0because we are in hurry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thanks for everything~~~
    \nWe will keep you updated when we have more information!<\/p>\n

    heather1314520@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dear all, This Heather from Taiwan. Our school is in an emergency. We need your help!! Humanity School\u2019s Elementary and Junior High is funded by the government. It is run as a not for profit,\u00a0founded by our parents,\u00a0The Humanity and Differential Education Foundation. This model is sometimes translated as a\u00a0\u201cCharter School,\u201d\u00a0but it is not exactly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11652,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions\/11652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}