Chinese Kids Officially Smarter Than Us 10.35K Hamilton Nolan 12/07/10 03:07PM Filed to: edumacation edumacation Usa Learning China Failure Tests school daze shutterstock Tweetg Tweetv The results are in: on a respected international standardized test, students in Shanghai beat the tar out of everyone in science, reading and math. The U.S. finished 23rd, 17th, and 32nd, respectively. Yea, well...Yao Ming is slow. [NYT]