Western pupils lag Asians by three years: study

Los alumnos occidentales tienen un atraso académico de hasta tres años con respecto a los orientales [ING]

Algunas frases que me han interesado:

[…] "America for example spends the most compared to the other OECD countries in terms of education but only gets very average results," he told AFP. "Korea spends a lot less but they achieve at the top of the table." […] (porque solemos copiar todo lo que viene de allí).

"Some of the greatest problems in Australian classrooms, when teachers are surveyed, relate to misbehaviour and poor discipline. That's the elephant in the room in terms of Australian education." […] (porque alude a lo obvio. No intentamos solucionar lo fundamental, nos perdemos por las ramas. Y porque no es una cuestión de dinero o de medios. Nada más que por la expresión an elephant in the room merece la pena la frase.