☆Do some further reading and report what you have learned. The following links may be of help.

1. American schools vs. the world: expensive, unequal, bad at math

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/american-schools-vs-the-world-expensive-unequal-bad-at-math/281983/

2. Comparing U.S. and Chinese public school systems

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/vanschaack.356/home

3. Chinese students adjust to American education

http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/chinese-students-adjust-to-american-education/

4. Middle school, the worst years of my life

http://jamespatterson.com/books_middleSchool.php#.VRgM_i652So