Wealthy Suburban Schools: Only Mediocre by International Standards

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<p>Science, for sure.</p>

<p>Literacy and history, I’m not so sure. My samples (myself included) from a lifetime of interacting with foreign college graduates have taught me that literature in many ‘hi-pot’ countries is largely an afterthought, and that ‘writing’ the way we do it here is largely a waste of time in said countries. History is often distorted due to national self-interest or other 1984-ish reasons, and so on.</p>