Instead, the public school system's teachers are trained to assess children
in classrooms using independent tests they create themselves. All children
receive a report card at the end of each semester, but these reports are
based on individualized grading by each teacher.
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen - National -... - 0 views
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There's no word for accountability in Finnish,"
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"Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted."
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The role of an individual teacher in a school is like a player on a football team: all teachers are vital, but the culture of the school is even more important for the quality of the school
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If a teacher was the most important single factor in improving quality of education, then the power of a school would indeed be stronger than children’s family background or peer influences in explaining student achievement in school.
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Most scholars agree that effective leadership is among the most important characteristics of effective schools, equally important to effective teaching. Effective leadership includes leader qualities, such as being firm and purposeful, having shared vision and goals, promoting teamwork and collegiality and frequent personal monitoring and feedback. Several other characteristics of more effective schools include features that are also linked to the culture of the school and leadership: Maintaining focus on learning, producing a positive school climate, setting high expectations for all, developing staff skills, and involving parents. In other words, school leadership matters as much as teacher quality.
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he schools were joyous places. This, he said, seemed to be the foundation for everything else he observed
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ecause the lessons were beautifully crafted, clearly designed to be as engaging as possible.
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were lined with other teachers who were collaborating in the design of these lessons.
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"The single-sex format is a tool, one of many available to break down gender stereotypes," Sax said. "But don't confuse the tool for the objective, which is to help every boy and girl to reach their full potential."
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