How has one industrialized country created one of the world’s most successful education systems in a way that is completely hostile to testing? That’s the question asked — and answered — in a new ...
Elizabeth Radday, Learning Support teacher at The Marvelwood School, recently spent six months in Finland, where she studied how their innovative vocational education system works for all students, ...
The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does just about the opposite of what we are doing in the ...
HELSINKI — Hundreds of thousands of children, including my own 8-year-old, returned to primary school this month in Finland. They also returned to a new national curriculum framework in a country that ...
Apples and oranges — that's what it's like to compare the education systems of the U.S. and Finland. Finland's is wildly successful — consistently topping international rankings. The United States' ...
This fall, Finland rolled out a new national curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary and student-centered learning. This is a significant education reform for the Nordic country that has become ...
Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind. But it's not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does.
Finland values technical and vocational education which offers students diverse opportunities for personal growth. This approach recognizes the importance of having skilled individuals in various ...
Central Committee To Lam visited Aalto University on October 22 (local time) as part of his ongoing official visit to Finland ...