Despite a decade of official discouragement, parents in China have been struggling with one of the biggest dilemmas of the school year – how to mark the country’s annual Teacher’s Day.

Tomorrow is the 32nd Chinese Teachers' Day – a festival celebrating the 2,300-year tradition of respecting teachers and education in China. It's similar to the birthday of Confucius or the ...

A teacher talks to her students on the first day back to school at the National School of Tabarre, in the commune of Tabarre, in the Haitian capital Port au Prince, on Sept. 5, 2016. Getty Images ...