“I have been very tired—more tired and confused than I have ever been in my life,” Kristiina Chartouni, a veteran Finnish educator who began teaching American high-school students this autumn, said in ...

Rhonda Broussard is the founder and president of St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, a charter management organization. In 2014, she traveled to and explored the education systems of Finland and New ...

Editor’s Note: Janet English, Academic Coach for El Toro High School in California, spent six months in Finland on a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching. While there, she discovered a tool to ...

This fall I heard an inspiring talk by Harvard visiting professor Pasi Sahlberg, author of "Finnish Lessons." In his book and talk, Sahlberg explained why Finnish schools are so successful. This April ...

While the rest of the world continues chasing test scores, ranking schools like Olympic athletes, and drowning kids in homework—Finland quietly flipped the script. No standardized testing. Short ...

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.

Finally, the Finnish recipe includes a powerful meaning in life. This often stems from a strong work-life balance, high participation in hobbies, cultural activities, and volunteerism, and the time ...