Sunday, April 17, 2011

Education Reform From Finland

The United States is alone in the way it is trying to reform education. Finland is often looked to as successful. This is what they did in Finland.

Summary below...
1 The children can't learn if they don't play.
2 Balanced curriculum
3 Professionalization

4 Very limited testing
5 Arts and crafts
6 More learning by doing
7 Rigorous standards for teacher certification
8 Higher teacher pay
9 Attractive working conditions

10 No outsourcing of school management to for-profit or non-profit organizations
11 Do not implement merit pay
12 Do not rank teachers and schools according to test results
13 All principals, superintendents, and policymakers from inside the education world
14 Classes in art, music, cooking, carpentry, metalwork, and textiles
15 Small class sizes

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