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Finnish Educational Success: Hard Truths for the US - February 4, 2013 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Finnish Educational Success: Hard Truths for the US
Panel Presentation and Moderated Discussion
February 4, 2013
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. (free and open to the public)
Maloney Great Room, Sarazen Student Union
Siena College
Finland's educational system has:
- the highest achieving students on international assessments . . . and . . .
- no mandatory standardized testing
- teacher autonomy in curricular and instructional decisions
- a shorter school day
- time for peer collaboration among teachers
- decentralized, local decision-making
- one union of educators (teachers, administrators, ministry-level staff)
What can we learn? How must we change?
Sponsored by the Education Department, Siena College
Panelists are New York State educators who participated in a 2012 study tour of
Finnish schools and universities.
Contact Cheryl Gowie [cgowie1@nycap.rr.com] for details
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