Finland is an innovative country when it comes to education, and its innovation yields results.
Finland is consistently one of the highest performing developed countries on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a tool for measuring education systems worldwide.
Here are 4 reasons Finland's schools are better than the US when it comes to education.
1. Better standardized tests
*During the entire primary and secondary schooling of the Finnish students, they only take one standardized test. By contrast, the US, driven by No Child Left Behind and Common Core mandates, requires students in third through eight grade to take annual standardized tests to track their performance.
2. More time to play
*Finnish students spend little time on homework. They spend 2.8 hours a week on homework. This contrast noticeably from the 6.1 hours American students spend per week.
Finnis place a lot of value on free time and play. It's a different story in the US where kids typically get less than half an hour of recess every day.
3. College is free
*In Finland, not only are bachelor degree programs completely free of tuition fees, so are master and doctoral programs. Students pursue higher education goals without the mountains of student loan debt that many American students face.
4. Elevated teaching profession
*Teaching is one of the most revered professions with a relatively high barrier to entry. Only one in 10 students who apply to teacher education program are admitted.
Teachers in Finland are treated like professors at universities, and they teach fewer hours during the day than US teachers, with more time devoted to lesson planning. They also get paid slightly more in Finland.
America's teachers who are overworked and get relatively little respect might not be as effective as teachers in Finland.
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