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To: cinives
In places like Indonesia and Singapore, parents have, on average, considerably less in terms of family resources and education levels than average US parents. Additionally, we've spent more than double the amount on our kids' education than they have.

It's the curriculum, folks. IQ is just the quality of the slate brought to the table.

Singaporeans here excel in the same classrooms that other students are failing in. Take a look at merit college admissions in California. Then take a look at prison admissions. Smart people will succeed in any system.

75 posted on 01/09/2007 1:54:34 PM PST by CGTRWK
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To: CGTRWK

If those Singaporeans here in the US are excelling, their scores are not showing up on the NAEP or the internationl tests.

Meeting or excelling at an exemplary curriculum is something else entirely.


77 posted on 01/09/2007 2:09:17 PM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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