Lecture-style, didactic teaching is significantly better than conversational/Socratic teaching in most circumstances. I assume Finland’s new approach will perfo

Lecture-style, didactic teaching is significantly better than conversational/Socratic teaching in most circumstances. I assume Finland’s new approach will perform similarly to the conversational style, which is to say poorly. Students can get the best of both worlds if: 1. Students get the best didactic instruction for any given subject (supplementing your Calculus class with videos from the best online Calculus class can help achieve “best” here, in lieu of a really good teacher - hybrid online+in-person teaching can also be formalized as the default approach). 2. Students can be fast tracked to higher level classes if they are fast learners (with no formal limit on how high they can go) 3. There is no limit on the number of classes students can take and get credit for. Simultaneous with in-person instruction, they can take federally funded online classes that they get grades and credit for. Ideally, enrollment for the online classes should be on a rolling basis. If a student wants to start a new class at the beginning of November and spend each holiday break bashing out an online Intro to Python class that they’ve been itching to take, let them, and give them the resources they need between those breaks to solidify their learning.