I searched but couldn't find info on time spent in school across nations that included Finland. Why Finland? I "heard" somewhere that Finnish students spend le

I searched but couldn't find info on time spent in school across nations that included Finland. Why Finland? I "heard" somewhere that Finnish students spend less time in school, and/or on homework, than American students. Why Finland? This chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment#Results http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Stu... 2000, Reading Literacy: #1 Finland, #15 United States 2003, Mathematics: #1 Finland, #24 United States 2006, Science: #1 Finland, #21 ah fuckit This other WSJ article looks at how Finland does education: http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120425355065601997.html http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120425355065601... There's really too much to quote, but here's something really embarrassing. A Finnish exchange student, who went to school in America for a year, was forced to repeat that year when she got home. Ouch. More time spent in a failing school system is not going to fix the school system. Something from what Finland and other countries are doing, regardless of hours, is probably closer to what we need.