I?ve a book recommendation for you. Read Pasi Sahlberg?s Finnish Lessons. As you probably know, Finland?s schools are often considered the world?s best. Not all that long ago, Finnish schools were not at all so good. Sahlberg tells the story of how Finland moved to the front of the pack. And then he tells us quite a bit about how Finland arranges schools today and how Finland ends up with some of the world?s best teachers. Finnish Lessons is also eminently readable. (You?ll even pick up a couple of Finnish jokes.) To buy a copy, visit www.FinnishLessons.com or Sahlberg?s website at http://www.pasisahlberg.com/. Or drop by Sahlberg?s blog.
Since I?m happily America-centric, my interest is in what we here in the States can learn from?Finnish Lessons.?Wednesday?s post will focus on Sahlberg?s contrast of American educational reform versus what the Finn?s have done. Friday I?ll raise some cautions about how we in America apply the lessons from Finland.
As a teaser, here are two facts about Finland.
- The Finns don?t like standardized tests and make very little use of them. They especially stay away from high-stakes standardized tests.
- The Finns lead the world in performance on standardized tests.
Source: http://profitofeducation.org/?p=3895
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