I love this letter from today’s Sun, which was written by a good friend of my Mom. Unfortunately it fails to mention that he is a retired teacher and Superintendent of Schools, that is to say, he definitely knows what he is talking about.
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That’s interesting. My only experience with school systems is from Alberta, having attended and having friends who are now teachers there. I didn’t realize the differences were as big as they seem to be.
I was reading about how Finland is #3 in the world for student performance, and articles usually focused on how teaching is a respected profession there.
Articles rarely mention that teachers get less pay than Canada for example. The appear to have unions. They have single payer private schools, so education is always free..
Another interesting thing is they feed the kids for free as well, with the goal of equality (instead of student achievement.