The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does just about the opposite of what we are doing in the ...

How has one industrialized country created one of the world’s most successful education systems in a way that is completely hostile to testing? That’s the question asked — and answered — in a new ...

This fall, Finland rolled out a new national curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary and student-centered learning. This is a significant education reform for the Nordic country that has become ...

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, ...

In Finland you’re not supposed to wonder—let alone ask out loud—if one school is better than another. That’s because all Finnish schools are designed to be equal. We Finns are very proud of our equal ...

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What books will children need if subjects are off the timetable? Finland backpack via Sergey A.Kravchenko/www.shutterstock.com It easy to lampoon education reforms in ...

William Doyle is a 2015-2016 Fulbright Scholar who joined the faculty of the University of Eastern Finland last year as a lecturer on media and education. He has enrolled his 7-year-old son in a ...

In 2003, my wife and I moved from New York to Finland with the intention of raising our newborn son in Helsinki, my hometown. We made the decision because we were looking for a better work-life ...

Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne John Hattie: Welcome to The Conversation. My name is John Hattie from the University of Melbourne and I have here today, ...