Learning from Finland - The Boston Globe - 1 views
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Bradford Saron on 29 Dec 10Yes, yes, yes, but Finland is largely homogeneous, is the geographical size of Minnesota, has little transiency, and has a significantly different national poverty level (with less range of haves and have-nots).
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Guy Leavitt on 29 Dec 10It's a great statement about how a country values education. I think teachers in Finland are compensated very well and are also respected like our teachers were about 30 years ago. It will be interesting to see how their system changes as their population becomes more diverse.