The American and Finnish Education Systems

that we are not considered a “Super Power” is our educational system. There is no denying that the American educational system needs to be revamped and improved; however, the question is how to do it? Well, the answers could very well come from a small Nordic country called Finland. In the past year, the Finnish educational system has been praised because their students are turning out some of the highest test scores in the world! Finnish fame was documented in a survey called the PISA survey that

A Better System: Finland vs. United States Education System The American education has tried to make recent changes to accommodate higher education and learning by implementing Common Core Standards. According to “The Common Core State Standards” magazine by Allison Jones and Jaqueline King, “Common Core Standards were created to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life…” (Jones and King 37). Although the common

Every year, American teachers discover that the youth have a 5D relationship with their schools: dissatisfied, disengaged, disaffected, disrespectful, and disruptive. In this prolific source of educational substances, the paucity of satisfaction of the students and the predilections of the teachers militate in some measure against a just valuation being accorded to such researches. “Policy makers remain oblivious to the fact that ‘kids are not what they used to be,’” and in order to re-engage the

The Finnish Model will work well on reforming the U. S. because it provides equal education and opportunity for everybody. In the country of Finland, “there were no high-tech, interactive whiteboards in her [Kim’s] classroom…no police officer in the hallway” (p. 83). This suggests that these students do not need fancy equipment or armed protection to be the smartest kids in the world. In addition, the Finnish want everyone to be successful despite their circumstances at home, and one way they do

The Finnish Model will work well in reforming the U. S. because it provides equal education and opportunity to everybody. In the country of Finland, “there were no high-tech, interactive white boards in her [Kim’s] classroom…no police officer in the hallway” (p. 83). This suggests that these students do not need fancy equipment or armed protection to be the smartest kids in the world. In addition, the Finnish yearn for everyone to be successful despite their circumstances at home, and one way they

The school system of the US is contrary to what most americans would say about the US. According to a global report by education firm Pearson, the US education claims 17th place in the developed world with Finland, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, & Singapore topping the list. Finland (Being it's innovative self) decided to rebuild its education to better prepare its students for the world. Because of this, Finland constantly ranks one of the highest performing developed countries on PISA. I’m against

Upon consideration of the education crisis that currently is the United States’ educational system there have developed intangible amounts of controversy, each one in itself claiming to have solved the problem or to have identified what truly is wrong with it. The most strained trend of these controversies is the view on school system policy, policy being what makes a school system unique also is claimed to be the big issue of the U.S. However, in the current state of this country in dire need of

America still ranks only 10th in education worldwide. Why is this? The education system of the US has stayed relatively the same for almost 150 years, with no reform. Outdated methods of teaching are still in practice. Though many may feel that the American education system is a model of success, compared to the educational system of Finland, the American education system is in dire need of change. For one, as stated before, America still uses the same methods of education today as nearly two centuries

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 established countries in the ability of its childhood and adolescence education. The country isn’t failing, but it is still in many cases becoming

While education in America has stagnated, Finnish students are demonstrating impressive academic growth. This surprising trend leads experts to question how the tiny country could out perform the wealthiest nation of all. When observing the United States’ school system, however, the permeation of competitive ideology becomes evident. Ironically, America should abandon its competition-based education system if American students are to compete with Finnish students whose country employs an innovative