“there are, to be sure, some Americans who treat education as urgently as the parents I met in Taiwan and South Korea. But that urgency is not something that is a part of the culture in both word and deed. I often come across reports saying that black and Hispanic children care as much about education as white and Asian children do. Then, other reports will show that black and Hispanic children spend less time on their homework, more time watching TV, and are less likely to complete (or even understand) their assignments. For all of the talk about it being important, words have not always matched deeds”. — Casey Lartigue, former education-policy analyst with the Cato Institute