The idea sounds interesting and maybe it will work. But why should it be tried at national level? Real progress would mean letting individual schools innovate.
Imagine if the headline read "Finland plans to replace PCs with modern tablets". That would be crazy, right? Computer purchasing decisions should not be enforced at national level. Why is education different?
They are letting schools innovate. That was one of the main points of the article, that in Finland, local districts enjoy plenty of autonomy in curriculum decisions.
> But why should it be tried at national level? Real progress would mean letting individual schools innovate.
Because then the new schools can be discriminated against, thus skewing the data on the effectiveness of this approach. No such problem if everyone has the same background.
The idea sounds interesting and maybe it will work. But why should it be tried at national level? Real progress would mean letting individual schools innovate.
Imagine if the headline read "Finland plans to replace PCs with modern tablets". That would be crazy, right? Computer purchasing decisions should not be enforced at national level. Why is education different?