Originally Posted by cricket3
Our district is nowhere near this toxic, but I think it could be headed in a similar direction.
A few people on this thread have described the school district as "toxic". But the NYT article says that many Asian parents moved to the area for the schools. Clearly they do not think it is toxic. There are different visions about what education and childhood ought to be like -- how hard children should study and practice and how much competition there should be. My wife grew up in a country where children were ranked in each subject from 1st grade. This would horrify many Americans, but in her country they probably believed that such ranking motivated children and gave parents a clear picture of where their children stood.