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Neal McCluskey: South Korea knows how to educate its kids
WASHINGTON -
When it comes to international academic assessments, especially in math and science, a few Asian countries regularly kick world posterior. ... South Koreans, it seems, rely not primarily on government schooling as we do, but abundant private options, including tutoring companies that appear to be almost ubiquitous in many Asian nations. Indeed, in 2002 Education Week reported that in Japan “more than 50,000 private cram schools are taking in some $12 billion a year by some estimates.” The massive consumption of private education is not the only likely explanation for outstanding Asian academic performance. So too is the culture that drives that consumption: As the Post highlights, Koreans put more emphasis on work than the citizens of any other industrialized nation. ... cato-at-liberty.org/2008/05/12/hard-work-culture-and-private-education |