A journey to deepen questions with companions of different ages and backgrounds.When you hear the words "Finnish education," ...

Finland Education: The Nordic country of Northern Europe, Finland, has been the happiest country in the world for the past several years. The major reason behind this is their lifestyle, social ...

In the previous installment of my Finland education experience series, I thought about happiness in school education from the ...

HELSINKI — At the start of morning assembly in the state-of-the-art Viikki School here, students’ smartphones disappear. In math class, the teacher shuts off the Smartboard and begins drafting perfect ...

When the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) earlier this month, most rushed to check ...

This fall, Finland rolled out a new national curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary and student-centered learning. This is a significant education reform for the Nordic country that has become ...

Editor’s Note: Pasi Sahlberg is visiting professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and former director general in the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Follow him on ...

Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind. But it's not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does.

The Finnish education system has been at the center of global attention for exactly a decade. Until the publication of the first Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, results in ...

Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland's education system has frequently been held up as one of the best in the world. Today, that changed. Tbe OECD released its PISA global rankings that showed ...

Advocates of education reform have pointed to Finland consistently over the past few years, urging the U.S. to take note of its educational success. The country has “consistently performed among the ...

How has one industrialized country created one of the world’s most successful education systems in a way that is completely hostile to testing? That’s the question asked — and answered — in a new ...