Reflection 2.0

In the last few months I wrote 3 posts relating to the quality of education in Finland. I was pleasantly surprised last week when I was listening to Wisconsin Public Radio’s Here on Earth (with Jean Feraca) and heard the tail end of a program about this very topic. I was even more excited to find the podcast is now posted so I can listen to the entire program! The podcast and related resources are all posted on the Here on Earth archives - “What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart“.

Here on Earth describes the show:

“High school students in Finland rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night, and yet Finnish teenagers are among the smartest in the world, earning some of the top scores of students tested in 57 countries. American educators are trying to figure out what makes Finnish kids so smart.

Guests

• Tapio Erma, principal of the Olari School in Finland
• Heidi Toivonen, Fulbright teaching assistant from Finland. She teaches at Columbia University“

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