For decades, the Nordic nation has woven the ability to recognize disinformation into its national curriculum for students as ...
“I have been very tired—more tired and confused than I have ever been in my life,” Kristiina Chartouni, a veteran Finnish educator who began teaching American high-school students this autumn, said in ...
Students in Finland are learning how to separate fact from fiction as part of their early education, with lessons beginning in preschool and continuing through elementary school. Children are taught ...
Editor’s Note: Janet English, Academic Coach for El Toro High School in California, spent six months in Finland on a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching. While there, she discovered a tool to ...
This fall I heard an inspiring talk by Harvard visiting professor Pasi Sahlberg, author of "Finnish Lessons." In his book and talk, Sahlberg explained why Finnish schools are so successful. This April ...
While the rest of the world continues chasing test scores, ranking schools like Olympic athletes, and drowning kids in homework—Finland quietly flipped the script. No standardized testing. Short ...
Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind. But it's not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does.