The Global Search for Education: United States and Finland – Why are they so great?

Posted By C. M. Rubin on Apr 2, 2015

“American scholars and their writings, like Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, have been influential in building the much-admired school system in Finland.” — Pasi Sahlberg A little over 4 decades ago, Finland transformed its education system as part of the country’s economic recovery plan. Finnish students had become the best young readers by the time the 2000 Program for International...