http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.pngBy William Stewart. East Asia has strengthened its grip on the top places of the world’s most influential international education rankings, it was revealed today. 
Countries or states from region occupy all the top seven positions for maths, the main focus of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) 2013 results, which compares the performance of 15-year-olds. But there was bad news for Finland, a perennial star in previous Pisa studies, which suffered declines in maths, science and reading; as did Sweden another Nordic country with a schools system that the others have sought to emulate. More...