Finnish Schools International Case Study

of the most fruitful educational performers in the world according to the recent “Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development”. The nation was once in a comparable fall as to the United States education current day and can offer lessons for the United States and others in search of a working effective school system. The recent PISA study shows that, while the US had made some slight improvements, it is falling behind from many other

come with being multilingual, but in most cases, the advantages overweigh them. I was born in Finland, have lived in Finland for most of my life, and know four other languages aside from Finnish. In my experience, multilingualism is definitely more of a blessing than a curse. English has been a part of my life since the beginning of my educational career. The language of my education has always been English, and even though I am Finnish and from a Finnish family, my English has been my strongest

to the question of why? What is the cause of this rapid incline? Studies show that the root cause of anxiety these days in teenagers is the pressure of school and education. The story of one high schooler displays the severity of anxiety, and how the intense pressures of school caused this. The student, Jake, suffered serious panic attacks, and bouts of depression where he couldn’t go to school for days, which only worsened his case, creating a vicious cycle that proved detrimental to his academics

States' education system is falling behind the education systems of other developed nations. The Programme for International Student Assessment, also known as PISA, is an international organization which measures performance of high school students throughout the world (United States, Highlights from PISA iii), and the results of its most recent series of examinations have shown that high school students in the United States are desperately trailing behind their peers in the rest of the developed world

introduced to US high schools in the 19th Century and today, these programs remain and have even gained popularity. The growing emphasis on the importance of these programs may be to the detriment of a student’s overall education. Students are more concerned about how they will perform on the sports field over how they are performing in the classroom. But has anyone ever considered, what might occur if these US high schools were to discontinue their sports programs? Would the schools and students benefit

introduced to US high schools in the 19th Century and today, these programs remain and have even gained popularity. The growing emphasis on the importance of these programs may be to the detriment of a student’s overall education. Students are more concerned about how they will perform on the sports field over how they are performing in the classroom. But has anyone ever considered, what might occur if these US high schools were to discontinue their sports programs? Would the schools and students benefit

been a top performing nation in education, while India lags close to the bottom. In the PISA (Programme for International School Assessment) tests of 2009, Finland was in the top 3 while India was in 72nd place out of 74. (NCEE) India, a country where 1 out of 4 students are still out of school, can definitely look at Finland for inspiration. (CRY America) India can learn from the Finnish model of instruction in two major ways – first by enhancing basic access to education and, once that is established

Introduction High schools in the US have had successful and popular sports programs that date back past the 19 century and have been a hit to this day. But in the US, high school sports are becoming too much of a necessity, students are more worried about how they will play their sport over how their grades are or if they are caught up in school. But has anyone ever considered, what might occur if these US high schools were to discontinue their sports teams? Would the schools benefit or become hinder

LTA 1/04 • P. 9– 2 4 EVA LILJEBLOM AND MIKA VAIHEKOSKI* Investment Evaluation Methods and Required Rate of Return in Finnish Publicly Listed Companies ABSTRACT Financial literature advocates the use of the Net Present Value method for the evaluation of investments. Its key parameter is the required rate of return on equity, which is to be calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model or a similar model especially if the company is publicly listed. However, there is ample evidence

to write a story about Michelle Rhee the new leader of Washington D.C’s public schools she “[slipped] into the fog of education”(1) and to her surprise she became very interested. She began wondering “Why were some kids learning so much-and others so very little”(2) when comparing kids from all around the world to the United States. In some cases kids were “literally begging”(2) to solve problems, while in other cases they were “bored out of their young minds”(2), these contrasting events cause the