#finnedchat

by Brandon Wiley kolme...tre...trois...drei...three... Whatever language you speak, the "magic number" when is comes to languages in Finland seemed to be three.  That is, every student I spoke to s...

One of the goals of this trip was to make our learning as transparent and globally engaging as possible. Below are some resources in case you missed them being shared over the past week. Special th...

By Kavan Yee "The need for laptops is decreasing and the use of smart phones is increasing."– Janne Nissinen, 5th Grade Teacher@Innokas Koulumestari As a middle school teacher and leader, the thoug...

By Mike Johanek We should never confound schooling as the sum total of education, Finnish or American. An early mentor, US historian Lawrence Cremin, argued that to understand education anywhere, y...

Special thanks to Edutopia for providing the online forum for this global conversation. On Wednesday, March 28, 2013 a Google Hangout took place at the University of Helsinki's Teacher Education Ce...

The Finnish System

Much has been made in the media and press about the Finnish education system.

By: Paul A. Solarz Not speaking Finnish can make learning somewhat difficult when observing lessons at the Helsinki Normal Lyceum, a grades 7-9 school led by Markku Pyysiainen and Olli Maatta.  Dur...

As our flight left Newark for Stockholm, Sweden, I introduced myself to the woman sitting next to me on the nine-hour flight. She saw I was reading Finnish Lessons, and asked me if I was an educato...

By Kavan Yee It has been a number of weeks since my trip to Helsinki. In this time, I've had many opportunities to go over my observations of the Finnish school system. As I spoke more and more oft...

By Joe Mazza Last week on my the flight out to Finland, I was lucky enough to sit next to a higher up in the Swedish educational system. The takeaways from that conversation were transitioned ...

Lessons for teachers in its approach, where students are taught to be citizens, not consumers.

By Susan Feibelman When fellow UPenn doctoral student @Joe_Mazza hatched the idea that we should stretch our qualitative researcher wings and take to the road, Finland’s famed schools (thank PISA a...

"I deeply trust the schools here in Finland." 2nd Grade Parent, Koulumestari Elementary One of the areas I've noticed written about the least in Finland's education system is how schools engage fam...

By Kavan Yee Honestly, I've seen these "Finnish Lessons" before... everyday in Chicago, New York, LA, DC, etc. I've observed some of the best teachers, students, administrators, and school communit...

By Kavan Yee Trust is deeply rooted in the Finnish culture. From trusting their citizens to enter a trolley car and pay an automated machine; to the trustworthiness of cab drivers waiting patiently...

By Joe Mazza Earlier today, I had the privilege of visiting the Normal Lyceum of Helsinki, a 7-9 school in downtown Helsinki Finland. This school is unique, as it is owned by the University of Hels...

For the past several years, I’ve had the unique opportunity as the Director of Asia Society’s International Studies Schools Network, to interact with schools throughout the United States and other ...

Finland and South Korea top the charts in a new global education ranking. But with very different philosophies. We're looking at what the US – ranked number 17 – can learn.