5 Reasons Why Finland Is A Global Education Leader
Highly respected and capable teachers, virtually no standardized tests and a strong social safety next help explain why Finland consistently rates among the best public education systems in...
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Here in the United States, we love to brag about being number oneExcept when it comes to education that isWhere we regularly rank around 37th in the worldFrankly, many of us are lucky we can spell USAwell enough to chant it in sporting eventsbut you know what country does consistently rate among the best in the world in education?Finland. Apparently. That's right.The small Nordic country best known for giving the world Nokia phones,angry birds and awful heavy metal musicis actually a leader in world educationnot only does Finland have the highest high school graduation rate in Europebut on International tests, Finish students regularly rank near the top in Reading, Math and ScienceAnd the Finns do this without overloading kids with endless hours of homeworkor tu...
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Here in the United States, we love to brag about being number oneExcept when it comes to education that isWhere we regularly rank around 37th in the worldFrankly, many of us are lucky we can spell USAwell enough to chant it in sporting eventsbut you know what country does consistently rate among the best in the world in education?Finland. Apparently. That's right.The small Nordic country best known for giving the world Nokia phones,angry birds and awful heavy metal musicis actually a leader in world educationnot only does Finland have the highest high school graduation rate in Europebut on International tests, Finish students regularly rank near the top in Reading, Math and ScienceAnd the Finns do this without overloading kids with endless hours of homeworkor tu...
