Education Archives

’Twas the night before PISA in Finland

Finnish kids don’t like homework any more than anyone else. But their education has something most countries’ schools lack.

Finnish expertise in tech and gaming unites with the country’s excellence in education to form a winning combination.

Did you know Finland is bilingual, and kids can go to school in Swedish or Finnish? We visit a Swedish-language school.

The Finnish school system helps foreign and mixed-nationality families to bring their kids up to be truly multilingual.

The newly built Saunalahti School shows that in Finnish education, better architecture contributes to better schooling.

Työväenopisto offers students a range of skills at a low cost, with Finnish-language courses a major drawcard.

In Finland, kids’ music is fun, educational, exportable – and reptilian. Hevisaurus gets heavy metal to the under-ten crowd.

The Finns are taking steps to make their much-praised educational expertise into an exportable, global commodity.