A Chinese high school installed cameras that monitor students’ facial expressions, reports Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times. Artificial intelligence software grouped “each face into one of seven emotions: anger, fear, disgust, surprise, happiness, sadness and what was labeled as neutral.” . . . the surveillance cameras took the data on individual facial expressions and used that information to create a running “score” on each student and class. If a score reached a predetermi

Students are obedient achievers in a “military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in public, using bribes to reward students who comply, and shaming to isolate those who do not.” #China #globalcompetition #LittleSoldiers #Shanghai

Thousands of schools in China “are installing webcams in classrooms and streaming live on websites that are open to the public,” reports Javier C. Hernández in the New York Times. Parents in China’s highly competitive system like the chance to observe their children in class. But strangers watch too. “What is this boy doing? He’s been looking around doing nothing, like a cat on a hot roof,” one user wrote. “This one is playing with his phone!” added another, posting a screens

Indrani Das, 17, won the Regeneron Science Talent Search this year for her study of a possible approach to treating the death of neurons due to brain injury or neurodegenerative disease. The New Jersey resident also plays the piccolo and volunteers as an emergency medical technician with the local ambulance service. Half of the winners — and 13 of 40 finalists — were Indian-Americans, notes The Hindu. Twelve have Chinese last names. Indrani Das won the $250,000 first prize  i