Editor’s Note: Pasi Sahlberg is visiting professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and former director general in the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Follow him on ...

In 2003, my wife and I moved from New York to Finland with the intention of raising our newborn son in Helsinki, my hometown. We made the decision because we were looking for a better work-life ...

Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind. But it's not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does.

Finnish students consistently rank at the top in reading and math internationally. Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor of international education from Finland at Harvard University, identifies key ...

Elizabeth Radday, Learning Support teacher at The Marvelwood School, recently spent six months in Finland, where she studied how their innovative vocational education system works for all students, ...

Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland's education system has frequently been held up as one of the best in the world. Today, that changed. Tbe OECD released its PISA global rankings that showed ...

Finland often ranks among the highest-performing countries on international math and reading tests. The Nordic nation gets good results despite one surprising fact — compulsory schooling does not ...

Imagine a school system where every child feels seen, heard, and valued. That's the Finland way. By trusting teachers to do what they do best and putting student well-being first, Finland creates a ...

Finnish education often seems paradoxical to outside observers because it appears to break a lot of the rules we take for granted. Finnish children don’t begin school until age 7. They have more ...