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>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, whi

• barry-cotter 4y 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_Student_Assessment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_...
  • dmix 4y 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.php https://www.prepreview.com/ranking/world/high-school-ranking...
    • barry-cotter 4y 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.
      • dmix 4y 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.