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Tansy_Gold

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2. Maybe if the American education system were as good,

Reply to dkf (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:30 PM

Jan 2012

we'd have a more homogenous, less stratified society, too.

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What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success [View all] TalkingDog Jan 2012 OP

Also pretty homogenous I imagine. dkf Jan 2012 #1

Maybe if the American education system were as good, Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #2

Which is precisely why we don't have such a system 3waygeek Jan 2012 #3

And only 5 million of them. TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #4

Which makes it as large as almost any school system in the United States. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #13

Yeah, they're supported with equal social safety nets by the governement. Starry Messenger Jan 2012 #8

The "homogeneity" of Finland is mostly irrelevant to its educational success. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #9

With all due respect Kellerfeller Jan 2012 #10

They're paid well for Finland... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #11

My point was Kellerfeller Jan 2012 #15

On the matter of well-paid... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #16

Good post LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #5

They leveled it themselves izquierdista Jan 2012 #6

K&R (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2012 #7

I like Finns frazzled Jan 2012 #12

So how do we change culture? ParkieDem Jan 2012 #14

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