Scandinavian Schools

Why Scandinavia Schools Are Superior (And What We Can Learn)

Nordic schools (Finland included) captivate American educators. What makes them so strong?

Stephen Noonoo | June 18, 2015

Thirty-five years ago, back when most schools around the world were still preparing students for their 20th century futures, a clutch of Scandinavian countries were reworking their curricula to include more creativity, collaboration, and communication — today’s so-called 21st century skills. It was an effort grounded in the region’s welfare-state mentality, which values inclusiveness and cooperation for the common good, according to Hans Renman, a former educator from Sweden and the founder and CEO of Scandinavian Education, a consultancy and think tank.

Scandinavian School of Brussels. http://www.ssb.be/page6118.html?catID=1&pageID=3

<more at http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/06/18/scandinavian-schools-291/; related links: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-are-finlands-schools-successful-49859555/?no-ist (Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? The country's achievements in education have other nations, especially the United States, doing their homework) and http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-schools-subjects-are-out-and-topics-are-in-as-country-reforms-its-education-system-10123911.html (Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system)>