[quote=AN]equalizer, it’s a little hard to compare US schools w/ Finnish schools and say which one did a better job. Especially since Finland has a population of ~5M and US have well over 300M people. San Diego alone has ~3M people. Secondly, what you said about “Parents nurture a love of reading among children…” is the KEY to why they might have a better school system. You can easily look at this one factor and compare Carmel Valley school vs school in El Cajon. The other differences is, Finland have a voucher system for their schools and we do not. People here in the US are stuck w/ the school around where they live, which mean they’re stuck in their social economic environment. If we implement a voucher system, students in El Cajon why want to succeed can easily go to Carmel Valley school w/out any issue. If you have a population who treasure education, they will excel in school. It all starts at home.[/quote]
Yes, it was just to bring a fresh perspective to kids have to start school at 3. Sure, we cant replicate most of it since there is one only language spoken by all students there. The point is that teaching is very valued, so all the schools in Finland are homogenous in a good sense, they are all “Carmel Valley schools”.