Chinese students top the PISA rankings, but some Shanghai parents are turning away from the school system
- Written by Hannah Soong, Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education Practice, School of Education, University of South Australia
China is fast becoming a middle-class nation.Ewan Yap/Unsplash
Australian 15 year olds were around three and a half years behind their counterparts in China in maths, according to the OECD’s latest results for education systems around the world.
The four cities of China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang) that participated in the...