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The secret of Finland's stellar schools is Finns[1], combines with an immigration policy that borders on xenophobia. Why do Finnish students score better than S
by newnewnew 13y ago
The secret of Finland's stellar schools is Finns[1], combines with an immigration policy that borders on xenophobia. Why do Finnish students score better than Swedish students?
[1] http://www.vdare.com/articles/pisa-scores-show-demography-is-destiny-in-education-too-but-washington-doesnt-want-you-to-k http://www.vdare.com/articles/pisa-scores-show-demography-is...
- sampo 13y agoThis blog [1] claims, and the reference 11 therein (or directly [2]) shows, that the Swedish-speaking Finns score lower than Finnish-speaking Finns. It pretty much cannot be explained by socio-economic status, as Swedish-speaking Finns have higher socio-economic status than Finnish-speaking Finns. So the blog conjectures that it might be related to the languages. [1] http://finnish-and-pisa.blogspot.fi/ http://finnish-and-pisa.blogspot.fi/ [2] http://ktl.jyu.fi/img/portal/8317/PISA_2003_screen.pdf http://ktl.jyu.fi/img/portal/8317/PISA_2003_screen.pdf
- veeti 13y ago> immigration policy that borders on xenophobia You can't be serious.
- chrismealy 13y agoFinland had below-average schools until the 1970s, then they got serious about reforming them, and now they're on top. So none of this bullshit applies.