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What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools?

May 16, 2013/

Finland’s Pasi Sahlberg is one of the world’s leading experts on school reform and the author of the best-selling "Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland?" http://www.finnishlessons.com/ In this piece he writes about whether the emphasis that American school reformers put on "teacher effectiveness" is really the best approach to improving student achievement.

By Valerie Strauss

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/15/what-if-finlands-great-teachers-taught-in-u-s-schools-not-what-you-think/

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