Week 9: On the educational system in Finland

Before the end of last week I received an e-mail via CIMO.fi. It was from a university professor in education in the U.S. who had become particularly interested in our educational system.  He wanted to have an email or regular letter conversation about the educational system in Finland. He works at Western Connecticut State University. So I'm happy for starting a new conversation with the world, once again. Finland has 'traditionally' done quite well in PISA surveys. And the ground work for this is done in comprehensive school, so I can't take any personal pride in the results but the students' basics are good for continuing at the secondary school level.