Just as important, at a time when fears over China's slowing economy are widespread and there's evidence of retail saturation in the country's major metropolitan areas, nearly half of survey
participants said they expect to be better off financially in the next 12 months — and they are
eager to spend, contrary to gloomy assumptions about the drag of sluggish economic growth on consumer sentiment.
«The
participants, whether they were
eager to engage in blended learning or were skeptical about it, ended up embracing the teaching reform,»
said Andrew Benson, Executive Director of Smarter Schools.