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teacherken at Daily Kos 3-30-14 - A different approach to education

A different approach to education:













A different approach to education

By now, most people interested in education and international comparisons among countries is aware both that Finland performs very well on such comparisons while the US does not - although a large part of the difference is because we have far more economic inequity. Pasi Sahlberg is internationally known for his work on education, both in Finland, where among other things he was a former Director


teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 3-29-14
teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This WeekI suggest that you will want to read Charles M. Blowin a column for the Thursday New York Times titled Crimea and Punishment. Blow manages to do a number of things well in this column.  For example, he does a very good job of pushing back against Mitt Romney's comments on Face the Nation, writing The refused-to-be-vanquished insist on being