For the past year now, I’ve prettyrelentlessly criticized China’s education system. Doing so is easy and, I admit a little fun sometimes. Unfortunately, recently, I’ve been reading about an Asian-American woman who has made me think that perhaps China and the United States aren’t as different as I had naively hoped. Amy Chua may get her own movie and talk show one day, but it’s really Michelle Rhee who’s become the face of the future of US education.

A recent USA Todayinvestigation revealed what appears to be significant cheating on standardized tests in Washington schools while Michelle Rhee was overseeing them as chancellor. Responding in the