the government has set standards high for elementary and high school teachers, ensuring that only the very best candidates ever reach the classroom.
"Finland has one of the most competitive teacher-education systems in the world, and the teacher training program is more difficult to get into than the schools of law or medicine," Sahlberg said. "Many young people in Finland go on to study
law because they cannot get into the primary school education program."
We want to put our money not into administration, but into supporting those people who need it."
"We have to continue to learn from one another," Sahlberg said. "We must make a difference (in education), and learning from one another is our only hope.
Scheidt said. "Until we deal with a lot of social issues like equity, health and just being able to have enough food for our children to eat, our kids can't learn.