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Monday, February 20, 2017

Finland’s School Reforms are Troubling: 4 Reasons Why

Finland’s School Reforms are Troubling: 4 Reasons Why:

Finland’s School Reforms are Troubling: 4 Reasons Why


Finland’s new curriculum means that schoolchildren will no longer need to sit down quietly in classrooms, since they will instead be able to choose where and how they study. In future there will not necessarily be any traditional enclosed classrooms.
Finland’s schools have been admired for years. Americans and others from around the world have visited and marveled at their success. Scores on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have consistently been high.
I list several sources below describing the past beauty of Finnish schools and how they have done much that is right when it comes to teaching.
The United States has never imitated Finland’s winning practices. That’s because the goal here has been to privatize public schools.
But wait! Now schools in Finland are changing to mirror America’s reforms! What’s Finland’s School Reforms are Troubling: 4 Reasons Why:
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