However, there are a number of metropolitan areas in the country that have exceptionally small education gaps, or "shortages of educated workers relative to employer demand," according to the report "Education, Demand, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America" by the Brookings Institution.
Parents also say that the state -- which is building several preschools that will hold up to 500 children -- has failed to recognize the advantage of small education programs.
Horses, she once said, were on the whole rather brighter than a good many humans she knew; and to go with her to a race meeting was a small education in itself.
As the head of a small education company in Hong Kong that recruits 90 percent of its teaching staff from the United States, my job is to find, judge and place key personnel via Skype.
Third, in a small education system such as Taiwan's, the complexity of peer review is high and ethical issues become important.
"Shanghai and Hong Kong are small education systems, virtually city states, with a concentration of ideas, manpower and resources for education," says Prof Cheng.
