NYT: Article on Finland Education System

[Capt_Uhura]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/education/from-finland-an-intriguing-school-reform-model.html?pagewanted=1&tntemail1=y&_r=1&emc=tnt

 

In his country, Dr. Sahlberg said later in an interview, teachers typically spend about four hours a day in the classroom, and are paid to spend two hours a week on professional development. At the University of Helsinki, where he teaches, 2,400 people competed last year for 120 slots in the (fully subsidized) master’s program for schoolteachers. “It’s more difficult getting into teacher education than law or medicine,†he said.

 

 

“The fact that we have more race, ethnicity and economic heterogeneity, and we have this huge problem of poverty, should not mean we don’t want qualified teachers — the strategies become even more important,â€

[annandatje]

I will have to read the article later.

 

However, Finland must be a stellar job of educating because their high schools are always among the top scorers, if not the top, on that international standardized high school achievement test. I cannot recall name of test right now.

 

I remember reading about their educational strategy a few years ago, and it reminded me of a structured unschooly program.

[annandatje]

I will have to read the article later.

 

However, Finland must be doing a stellar job of educating because their high schools are always among the top scorers, if not the top, on that international standardized high school achievement test. I cannot recall name of test right now.

 

I remember reading about their educational strategy a few years ago, and it reminded me of a structured unschooly program.

[annandatje]

Sorry for the duplicate post. I was trying to add an omitted word.

[justamouse]

Great article. And I like the point that's made about how though our country may not be able to follow the Finnish model, individual states can.