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The U.S. once had the best education in the world (and our farmers fed the world). Now the U.S. has fallen behind. . But that was when teachers and parents had more control over the schools and curriculum. Teachers now complain that they are. Bureaucrats did not run things at a Federal or State level like they do now. Heck even the lunches were fabulous. They were prepared from scratch by local moms…not controlled by a remote dietitian.
Finland now has the best education in the world, and guess what….they are doing many of the same things the U.S. use to do.
- Teachers are empowered to “do what ever it takes to help the individual child learn.” (now we have to home school to accomplish that. In America the and that is true even if the educator has no degree. )
- Compulsory schooling does not begin until age 7. “We have no hurry,” said Louhivuori. “Children learn better when they are ready. Why stress them out?” ()
- Testing is not the major measure of learning. Timo Heikkinen, a Helsinki principal with 24 years of teaching experience. “If you only measure the statistics, you miss the human aspect.” “We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test,” said Pasi Sahlberg,
- Play is a big part of teaching (. “Play is important at this age,” Rintola would later say. “We value play.” Children spend far more time playing outside, even in the depths of winter. Homework is minimal.
- “Finland spends about 30 percent less per student than the United States”, and provides more individualized attention.
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