The Global Search for Education: An Interview with Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi
“If we are to achieve the joint goals adopted in the UN in September, they have to be part of everything we do, including education.” — Kirsti Kauppi Finland, a favorite for us here at The Global Search For Education, is renowned for its innovative and progressive thinking when it comes to education. So I was delighted to speak to Kirsti Kauppi, the recently appointed Ambassador of Finland to the United States....
The Global Search for Education: Teacher Education
“The 21st century “movement” refers to the redefining of the goals of education and how learning is organized in order to meet the demands of the 21st century.”- Jari Lavonen Jari Lavonen, Professor of Science Education and head of department at the University of Helsinki, Finland, will be speaking about teacher education in Finland with a particular focus on teacher effectiveness and professionalism at the...
The Global Search for Education: On US Education Problems
“Providing college tuition-free without getting the money back through taxes for the better educated means that the poor end up subsidizing the education of the rich.” — Andreas Schleicher According to Andreas Schleicher of OECD, the United States is unique among countries in that the generation of workers entering the US workforce does not have higher college attainment levels than the generation about to...
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