What the U.S. can't learn from Finland about ed reform - 1 views
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The school is the main author of curricula. And the teacher is the sole authority monitoring the progress of students. In Finland, there is a strong sense of trust in schools and teachers to carry out these responsibilities. There is no external inspection of schools or standardized testing of all pupils in Finland. For our national analysis of educational performance, we rely on testing only a small sample of students.
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in Finland, education is viewed primarily as a public effort serving a public purpose
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Many elements of Finnish successful school system are interwoven in the surrounding welfare state. Simply a transfer of these solutions would add another chapter to already exhausting volume of failed education reforms.
