As a European, the idea that there is such a thing as western education sounds completely foreign and absurd. Based on my personal experience I can see that education systems vary quite a lot from region to region within a country, and even more between states and countries themselves. There is no such thing as a unified western education system (not considering universities here), that sounds like an over broad concept without real meaning that can be used a boogey man for criticism.

Generally speaking when I see “western whatever”, it seems to be a lazy way to express something about the United States, without naming the country.