Finland

Scott J Davies November 30, 2018

It is a given that at some point during almost any discussion about school reform, a reference...

Jat August 12, 2016

How Tokyo got the Olympics ... and lost them to Helsinki, who lost them too.

Why does the Finnish public school system work? IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tate.the-battle-of-camperdown-86

Will March 9, 2011

In an interesting post on teacher evaluation, E. D. writes: The most successful education system in the...

A few thoughts on immigration and Europe IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jahsie-ault-601736-unsplash

Will August 23, 2009

Without lapsing into Steynian hysteria, I think there are real concerns about the growing population of alienated,...

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Chris in reply to Marchmaine on A Post-Conclave ConclaveY'all have had some ridiculous opinions on this site, but this one fa il botto. I had a pizza in Mod…
Jaybird on A Post-Conclave ConclaveThis may sound unorthodox but I have a good way for Democrats to lock up the Presidency for at least…
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InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on A Post-Conclave ConclaveLMAO! Oh man that had to sting!
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