The half of the story the media ignored:

‘..The gap in test scores between America and other countries goes away when broken down by race. White American students top those of most European countries. Asian students come out ahead of them. It’s not that Asian students somehow have access to better schools. Often they go to the same urban multicultural schools that are “failing” everyone else. The difference is that they are determined to succeed because their parents want them to. ..’
Daniel Greenfield