Finland does it again, and again. Its students have been consistently outperforming other OECD (and other) countries in the PISA rankings year after year. (PISA is a global test of maths, english and ...

Elizabeth Radday, Learning Support teacher at The Marvelwood School, recently spent six months in Finland, where she studied how their innovative vocational education system works for all students, ...

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Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland's education system has frequently been held up as one of the best in the world. Today, that changed. Tbe OECD released its PISA global rankings that showed ...

The school has special rooms designed for hands-on activities like painting and building. A typical school day for a student in Finland is calm, flexible, and centered around the child's well-being.

While observing recess outside the Kallahti Comprehensive School on the eastern edge of Helsinki on a chilly day in April 2009, I asked Principal Timo Heikkinen if students go out when it’s very cold.

They don’t spend massive amounts of money on education and the kids spend less time at school, so how is the Finnish education system so effective? Author provided When looking at large-scale ...