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Charles Rex Arbogast / AP When Finnish Teachers Work in America’s Public Schools
There are more restrictions to professional freedom in the United States, and the educators find the school day overly rigid.
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Reuters The Disproportionate Stress Plaguing American Teachers
Unrealistic standards put educators on an anxiety-ridden trajectory.
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Alastair Grant / AP The Ticking Clock of Teacher Burnout
On average, American educators spend more hours with students than their international counterparts—and that may not be a good thing.
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Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters Kindergarten, Naturally
Pine needles and crackling fires replace whiteboards and desks in Finland’s forest classrooms.
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Karoliina Snellman Where Sixth-Graders Run Their Own City
The idea is to improve kids’ economic knowledge—and it appears to be working.
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Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters How Finland Starts the School Year
The global education pioneer eases students into the classroom.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters How 4-Year-Olds Learn Particle Physics
Some say apps that make learning fun are key, but what’s lost when all that learning is spent looking at a screen?
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Abby Oulton The Junk Playground of New York City
Where children tinker with saws and hammers while parents stand on the sidelines
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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland
Forget the Common Core, Finland’s youngsters are in charge of determining what happens in the classroom.
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Dave_S./Flickr The Bad American Habits I Kicked in Finland
From to-go mugs to small talk
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David Goehring/Flickr Finnish Schools Are on the Move—and America's Need to Catch Up
A new initiative in Finland reveals that physical activity should be an everyday classroom routine.
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wsilver/Flickr How Finland Keeps Kids Focused Through Free Play
An American teacher in Helsinki questioned the national practice of giving 15 minute breaks each hour—until he saw the difference it made in his classroom.
