Normally, students and teachers in Finland take a 15-minute break after every 45 minutes of instruction. ... And I was trying to replicate this model in Finland.

One of the hottest trends in education reform lately is looking at the stunning success of the West's reigning education superpower, Finland. Trouble is, when ...

Yet by one international measure, Finnish teenagers are among the smartest in the world. They earned some of the top scores by 15-year-old students who were ...

Finland's teenagers, formerly the world's highest achievers, still perform above average on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, but they ...

Goodbye, math and history: Finland wants to abandon teaching subjects at school. Kabir Chibber: Finland already has one of the best school education systems.

Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing. January 27 ... Finland has all but eliminated homelessness. Akbar has no such luck ...

Finland's rise to the top of the international rankings is typically attributed by the Finns to the deep training of teachers in a highly professionalized ...

For Europe, Finland may be a warning about the intractable political problems that lie ahead. Its population is ageing faster than any other European country, ...

Curricula changes in the Finnish school system have taken place in 8-10 year intervals. They have been recorded in the official curricula for schools by the ...

Curricula changes in the Finnish school system have taken place in 8-10 year intervals. They have been recorded in the official curricula for schools by the ...