Sahlberg, who directs Finaldn’s Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation, won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education for the book “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World ...

The following is an excerpt from Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead But Don't Leave, by Barnett Berry and Ann Byrd, and Alan Wieder. This excerpt focuses on how educators in Finland see ...

“I have been very tired—more tired and confused than I have ever been in my life,” Kristiina Chartouni, a veteran Finnish educator who began teaching American high-school students this autumn, said in ...

Finland's test scores top global charts, but the country doesn't obsess about tests like the US, and it pays teachers adequately A new book has attracted much interest in the Washington DC, especially ...

For the last decade, Finland’s success on international tests has caught the attention of education policymakers around the world. What is it about this small Nordic nation that has led to its ...

Fight for a Pure Finnish Identity In a survey, 97 of the 200 MPs said they favored voluntary Swedish lessons in future, with 96 saying they wanted Swedish to remain a compulsory subject. The fight for ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Europe news every morning. Two years ago Timo Soini was cock-a-hoop. His True Finns — a populist party espousing scepticism of the EU ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two years ago Timo Soini was cock-a-hoop. His True Finns — a populist party espousing scepticism of the EU and ...