Isnt the first, nor far from the last time I'll speak from experience...and when people "go there" they make it too easy for me having not thought that one through. as if humans are different over there... as for Singapore...they also have legal booze and prostitutes...the real issue is they take their education far more serious than we do. Our teachers cannot teach at this level.
 as for the link..it's about 90% right, and misses a lot of points...points that hammer home just how much our government squanders revenue. Eugene built 3 public high schools...England built 1, the campus I attended was larger than LCC. There were 2K in my graduating class alone. While we fund 3 school libraries AND a public library...England built a state of the art library at the school opened to student and public, saving a fortune in revenue while providing me the tools I needed to catch up. another issue...the link mentions...they save a fortune not funding school buses.