They are up to 3 years above peers in the West.

Sydney: Western school children are up to three years behind those in Shanghai, and success in Asian education is not just the product of pushy 'Tiger Parents', an Australian report released yesterday.

The study by independent think-tank Grattan Institute said East Asia was the center of high-performance in school's, with four of the worlds top systems in the region- Hong Kong, South Korea, Shanghai and Singapore.

"In Shanghai, the average 15 yr old - mathmatics student is performing at a level two to three times above his or her counterpart in Australia, the United States and Europe. That has profound consequences. As economic power is shifting from West to East, high performance in education is too", said Grattan's school education program director Ben Jensen.

*What I want to discuss is why this is happening. And what can be done to help the Western kids keep up.

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