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Europe is a big place with wildly different educational standards. Just like the US. If you are wanting to move due to the schools then you should be aware that
by Sargos 9y ago
Europe is a big place with wildly different educational standards. Just like the US. If you are wanting to move due to the schools then you should be aware that many places in the US have better schools than most places in Europe. It's not cut and dry.
- legitster 9y agoWhen most people refer to Europe as an example of well functioning, progressive social policies, they are most always referring to the small, wealthy, socially homogeneous Scandinavian countries.
- felipellrocha 9y agoBeing socially homogeneous is not relevant here
- HarryHirsch 9y agoThe kindergardens that I've walked past in Portugal did not feature 4-year olds cooped for hours and force-fed the alphabet. Portugal is the antithesis of Northern Europe.
- oh_sigh 9y agoOr France/Germany/Switzerland. Never Slovenia, Belarus, Montenegro, or Moldova.
- rfrey 9y agoThat is so reductive, even if it weren't a tired cliche. Not every example of a successful policy that happens outside the U.S. is because of accidental political geography.