Education: Finnish Lessons

Ever wondered how Finland managed to build its highly regarded school system?

Get the insights and facts you'll need to contribute to building an effective, lower cost educational system at the local, national and global level.

Pasi Sahlberg recounts the history of Finnish educational reform as only a well-traveled insider can.  He details how the Finnish strategy and tactics differ from those of the global educational reform movement and of the North American reforms in particular.

Finnish Lessons goes beyond the facts and figures of Finnish education.

 The book also addresses the role of teachers as well as the links between education reform and other sectors of society, and how smart education policies serve to raise a nation's prosperity and reduce poverty.

Rather than proposing that other nations follow in Finland's path, Finnish Lessons documents how Finland achieved success without going through the arduous and controversial process of implementing competition, school choice, and test-based accountability.

Here parents, educators and policy architects can gain the insight and facts necessary to constructively participate in improving their schools -- even in a tightening economy.

This book is also a message of hope and encouragement for other nations to find their own way to enact educational reform that works.

"The story of Finland's extraordinary educational reforms is one that should inform policymakers and educators around the world.  This book is a must read." 

 — Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education at Stanford University.

 Reference : http://www.finnishlessons.com/