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> Finland, for comparison, has ~70% union membership, and also tops the rankings for education I love how these nonsensical connections are made: "Schools are
by robomartin 14y ago
> Finland, for comparison, has ~70% union membership, and also tops the rankings for education
I love how these nonsensical connections are made: "Schools are better in Finland because it has 70% union membership". Right. If only it were that simple.
- ktizo 14y agoUnionism isn't responsible for the high quality of schooling in Finland, that is largely down to focusing on an egalitarian school system. Excellence was the rather nice consequence of doing this, rather than being the stated aim. The point I was making is that high union membership has not hindered this, given the results.
- yummyfajitas 14y agoFinland does a really bad job of egalitarianism, certainly far worse than in the US. The gap between Finnish students and immigrants, for example, is more than twice as large as the same gap in the US. http://super-economy.blogspot.com/2010/12/amazing-truth-about-pisa-scores-usa.html http://super-economy.blogspot.com/2010/12/amazing-truth-abou...