State Sen. Sonya Halpern serves as vice chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus. She represents Senate District 39, which includes Fulton County neighborhoods in Atlanta, College Park, South Fulton, ...

This fall, Finland rolled out a new national curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary and student-centered learning. This is a significant education reform for the Nordic country that has become ...

Polly Arrowsmith, a Londoner with family in the Scandinavian country, says Finnish systems work far better than those in the UK ...

From going to class in his socks to ice skating on Fridays, 8-year-old Oliver Hull is excited to explore the differences between attending school in Finland and Lancaster County during the five-month ...

A few days ago I heard a wonderful National Public Radio story on education in Finland. It was amazing and it caused me to ponder how we might change some of our educational ways if we could allow ...

This fall, Finland rolled out a new national curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary and student-centered learning. This is a significant education reform for the Nordic country that has become ...

The higher-education system in Finland is supposedly every American progressive’s dream. The Finnish government pays 96 percent of the total cost of providing young Finns with a college education; ...

Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind. But it's not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does.