Last week, Annie Murphy Paul’s review of Amanda Ripley’s book, “The Smartest Kids in the World”, began with Ripley’s quote: “If you want the American dream, go to Finland.” It just so happened that I ...

Finland only funds overseas Finnish schools for students registered in a Finnish municipality. Due to a data reform, those in Estonia risk losing this support.

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 ...

As Vietnam seeks to advance education reform, educational leadership has become an increasingly important topic in ...

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 Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In Finland, ...

Imagine a school system where every child feels seen, heard, and valued. That's the Finland way. By trusting teachers to do what they do best and putting student well-being first, Finland creates a ...

The initiative began in late 2015 when Finnish schools and educators were invited to submit their ideas for experiments to be trialed over the course of one school year. More than 700 hundred schools ...