What the U.S. can't learn from Finland about ed reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washing... - 0 views
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Jeff Bernstein on 17 Apr 12Finland's high-achieving public school system is now part of the conversation about U.S. education reform these days. What, it is often asked, can we learn from Finland? (Plenty, actually, though U.S. reformers consistently ignore the lessons .) The query has been asked and answered so often that it seems like a good time to ask what the United States can't learn from Finland. So I asked Pasi Sahlberg, author of " Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland? " to tackle the subject, which he does, below.