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although finland’s education quality seems to have taken a nosedive, possibly related to decreased funding due to the recession in the 90s

to give some numbers in 2009 Finland’s had around 7% variance between schools and the OECD avg was about 42%

also special education, psychological counseling, career counseling, free nutritious lunches are normal practices in every school

in 1970 just 21% of adults completed more than basic education, just one generation later in 2010 it was 67%

their upper secondary (equiv us high school) has 93% grad rate

I’ve never written a progress update, but I think this book is kind of important

How does Finland ed have both high efficacy and low variation (as measured by PISA)?

so far:
1. teachers are respected as much as doctors and lawyers. they’re required to have masters degrees. and teaching is viewed as an education research job
2. schools and teachers work with each other
3. students aren’t grouped by ability