The purpose of education is not to enable schools to score highly on the Shanghai rankings - it's to enable students to develop the ability to think critically

The purpose of education is not to enable schools to score highly on the Shanghai rankings - it's to enable students to develop the ability to think critically and independently, understand the world they live in, and learn to sustain themselves within it. The focus on arbitrary aggregate rankings and making "us" more "competitive" is a dangerous distraction.