Confucian: China's winning schools

[Cecil Lee]

Source & Credit: MyPaper, Singapore Monday, January 17, 2011
Extracts:

ONE:
"Education thrives in China and the rest of Asia because it is a top priority - and the US has plenty to learn from that."
TWO:
"Americans think of China's strategic challenge in terms of, say, the new Chinese stealth fighter jet.
But the real challenge is the rise of China's education system and the passion for learning that underlies it. We are not going to become Confucians, but we can elevate education on our list of priorities without relinquishing creativity and independent thought.
That's what we did in 1957 after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. "