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Asian atheism and intelligence (view source)
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American policy has generally worked from the assumption that the problem lies in basic weaknesses in the structure of our educational system with its inherent inequalities and the way in which our school curricula are constructed. These certainly have contributed to comparatively weak scores. I have long been convinced that one of the reasons Japan’s educational system is better than the U.S.—at least in the sense that a very broad swath of the general public receives a good and equal education through high school—is related to funding.<ref>[http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/asias-cult-of-intelligence/ ''Asia’s Cult of Intelligence''] by John W. Traphagan, ''The Diplomat'', 2014</ref>}}
American policy has generally worked from the assumption that the problem lies in basic weaknesses in the structure of our educational system with its inherent inequalities and the way in which our school curricula are constructed. These certainly have contributed to comparatively weak scores. I have long been convinced that one of the reasons Japan’s educational system is better than the U.S.—at least in the sense that a very broad swath of the general public receives a good and equal education through high school—is related to funding.<ref>[http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/asias-cult-of-intelligence/ ''Asia’s Cult of Intelligence''] by John W. Traphagan, ''The Diplomat'', 2014</ref>}}
CNN's article entitled ''Why Singapore has the smartest kids in the world'' declares:
{{Cquote|It's a world-class teacher's pet -- a straight-A student that's top of the class: Singapore is officially the country with the smartest high-school kids in the world.
The country's academic success has helped it become a thriving economy, and the way it has built its education system could hold lessons for the rest of the world. "Singapore is a fascinating case," said Marc Tucker, the president of the U.S. National Center on Education and the Economy. "[It] was a major British port before the Second World War. When Britain got out and closed its base Singapore was in terrible shape.
"Now today they are one of the best performing economies in the entire world. They did it largely with education and training." If Singapore's rags-to-riches transition was built on education, the secret of its education system is the quality of its teachers. "They source their teachers from among the best kids coming out of their high schools," explained Tucker.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/asia/singapore-smartest-kids/ Why Singapore has the smartest kids in the world], CNN</ref>}}
== See also ==
== See also ==