Finland
-School Starts Later
Children in Finland don’t begin school until age seven.
-No Testing
They think they know much more about the children than these tests can tell them.
-Fewer Students
The average class size in Finland is 20 students.
If you have fewer students you will be able to give them the care and attention they need to learn.
-Instruction Guidelines, Not Prescriptions
Teachers are given guidelines for what they have to teach, but they are not given prescriptions for how to teach it.
This allows the highly trained teachers to develop a curriculum geared toward teaching their unique group of students.