1. Education in Finland
Finnish students consistently score near the top in the Program for International Student Assessment -commonly known as PISA - for reading, mathematics and science literacy; the reason for these results is that in Finland, teaching is a highly desired profession, the educational policies focus on equality and well-being, authorities trust schools, and political parties agree on the direction of educational reforms. The main point why political parties agree on the direction of educational reforms, as Pasi Sahlberg explained in 2012, is that Finns understood that if they wanted to remain ext...
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