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Are Finland’s Schools Really the Gold Standard? Undergraduate Enrollment

Are Finland’s Schools Really the Gold Standard?

Scott J Davies November 30, 2018

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

A Tale of Three Wars and the Olympic Games that Never Were Red_Army_Finnish_flag_Winter_War[1]

A Tale of Three Wars and the Olympic Games that Never Were

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

Why does the Finnish public school system work?

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

A few thoughts on immigration and Europe

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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Dark Matter in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025If the populace of the West Bank were as rabid to attack Israel as you say then we’d have had a LOT…
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Jaybird in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025(In Lee's defense, "They're just college students! Why do you care?" has sort of evolved since the f…
North in reply to Marchmaine on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsYou wouldn't believe some of the shoe-string weddings without a bride I've been to.
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025There is utterly no point in running around mopping at the puddles and streams of anti-Israeli senti…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025You're not thinking clearly if you think that is ever, remotely, going to happen. The prize Israel w…
North in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025You say that about the West Bank but you have no idea. If the populace of the West Bank were as rabi…
Marchmaine in reply to North on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsHeh, weddings without the bride would be much more sensible... waaaait a minute.
Marchmaine in reply to Michael Cain on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsI envy the grandchildren... it is a gift to see your children's children.