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by charles_kaw 1402 days ago
>Why do non-Western elites send their kids to Western countries for university educations?

Elites. We have the best education for elites. Not for everyone, which is a large part of the problem.
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barry-cotter 1402 days ago
Should be very easy for you to rattle off a list of countries doing better then. You may find the below link helpful in your quest.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_...

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dmix 1402 days ago
Those rankings are for 15 yr olds. The US definitely is #1 when it comes to high-end university schooling.

Even among high schools and prep schools the nation-wide US average might be mediocre in public schools but when it comes to the higher-end private schools the US is still easily #1

https://www.prepreview.com/ranking/world/high-school-ranking...

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barry-cotter 1402 days ago
Who does better than the “West” at non-elite education then? Surely non-elite must include a lot of people who never go to university. The PISA or TIMMS rankings are about as good a ranking of those as you’re going to get.
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dmix 1402 days ago
The conversation you're replying to is about elite education, not the performance of the average American student...

That's a whole different conversation.

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