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SUMMARY:Penn State Institute For Korean Studies Talk Series: “The Pursuit of Per
	fection? How Korean Education Has Addressed Excellence and Equality” by 
	Soo-yong Byun
DESCRIPTION:\nYoung Korean students on average demonstrate a relatively 
	higher level of academic achievement with relatively small socioeconomic
	 achievement gaps compared with many countries. This is remarkable consi
	dering that Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world in 1953 
	when the Korean War ended. A growing concern\, however\, is that Korea m
	ay not be able to sustain these high levels of educational excellence an
	d equality. Byun will address this by identifying the key institutional 
	features of the educational system that have shaped excellence and (in)e
	quality in Korea\, focusing on primary and secondary education.\n\nSoo-y
	ong Byun is a core faculty member of Penn State’s Comparative and Intern
	ational Education program. His scholarly interests include sociology of 
	education\, international comparative education\, rural education\, and 
	educational policy analysis and program evaluation. The articles of his 
	research have been published in leading peer-reviewed journals\, includi
	ngAmerican Educational Research Journal\, Comparative Education Review\,
	 and Sociology of Education.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.
	edu/event/the-pursuit-of-perfection/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>Young Korean st
	udents on average demonstrate a relatively higher level of academic achi
	evement with relatively small socioeconomic achievement gaps compared wi
	th many countries. This is remarkable considering that Korea was one of 
	the poorest countries in the world in 1953 when the Korean War ended. A 
	growing concern, however, is that Korea may not be able to sustain these
	 high levels of educational excellence and equality. Byun will address t
	his by identifying the key institutional features of the educational sys
	tem that have shaped excellence and (in)equality in Korea, focusing on p
	rimary and secondary education.</p><p>Soo-yong Byun is a core faculty me
	mber of Penn State’s Comparative and International Education program. Hi
	s scholarly interests include sociology of education, international comp
	arative education, rural education, and educational policy analysis and 
	program evaluation. The articles of his research have been published in 
	leading peer-reviewed journals, including<em>American Educational Resear
	ch Journal</em>, <em>Comparative Education Review</em>, and <em>Sociolog
	y of Education</em>.</p><p>For more details: <a href='https://events.la.
	psu.edu/event/the-pursuit-of-perfection/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/even
	t/the-pursuit-of-perfection/</a></p></body></html>
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