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Students enter the Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland. The school is among those featured in an exhibit that highlights the country's move away from factory-style schools to contemporary campuses built to meet the pedagogical and social needs of their students and teachers.
—Stuart W. Conway

Finland Rethinks Factory-Style School Buildings

A new exhibit highlights efforts in Finland to design schools tailored to the learning needs of students and teachers. (July 6, 2012)

Top Performers Blog

08/01 09:51 am | Dialogue With Dylan Wiliam on Teacher Quality: Part II | A guest post from Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the University of London's Institute of Education, on how teacher expertise is developed.

Global Learning Blog

07/25 09:18 am | The Global-Learning Twitterati | Literati, derived from Latin, means "acquainted with letters." In historical times, it referred a well-educated class who held an elite status in society. Twitterati are well ...

Democracy and Education Blog

07/11 03:25 pm | The State of Public Education; The State of Movements for Human Rights | As I announced yesterday, we are moving this blog to a new livelier format at Participatory Democracy and Public Education.  I want to take the opportunity of this last blog ...

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E-Learning Goes Global
This webinar examined the state of online learning internationally and highlight various countries moving ahead in this arena.

Chat Transcripts

What U.S. Schools Can Learn From High-Performing Countries
This chat examined the United States’ mediocre showing on recent international tests, and what those results mean.

E-Learning Creates Foreign Connections
Our guests in this chat shared their experiences establishing meaningful connections between their schools in the United States and schools in other countries.

Special Collection

Quality Counts 2012
The 16th edition of Education Week's annual report looks at America's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high-performing countries.

Multimedia

Quality Counts 2012: A Multimedia Presentation

Why is it important to study schools from other countries? Watch videos on the subject and listen to Education Week's reporters who studied the issue at large for Quality Counts 2012.

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A new exhibit highlights efforts in Finland to design schools tailored to the learning needs of students and teachers. July 6, 2012 – Education Week
Teacher and world traveler Noah Zeichner explores what teaching "global competencies" might look like in practice. July 3, 2012 – Teacher
Though most students improved and achievement gaps narrowed, fewer than a third of 8th graders reached proficiency in science last year on "the nation's report card." May 10, 2012 – Education Week
The schools will see how they stack up against other countries' in their higher-order thinking skills in reading, math, and science. May 4, 2012 – Education Week
April 24, 2012 – Education Week
The national government plans to open 2,500 new schools over the next five years and is inviting companies and foundations to apply to run them. April 17, 2012 – Education Week
Months after most American troops have pulled out of Iraq, the country has 4-H chapters in each of its 18 provinces. April 3, 2012 – Education Week
We should look to other countries for lessons on the value of education, not best practices, Edward Fiske writes. March 6, 2012 – Education Week
Experts say the real power of open education resources comes not from the fact that they are free, but from the ability to customize the content. January 30, 2012 – Education Week
The use of mobile technology and online content on the continent in various forms is gaining steam as a way to bypass some countries' most significant education hurdles. January 30, 2012 – Education Week

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