Mercedes Schneider read a post in Facebook purporting to reveal “the truth” about Finnish education. She contacted Finnish educator Pasi Sahlberg, who is teaching at Harvard Graduate School of Education this year and asked him to comment on the allegations. His first reaction was that the article was so ill-informed that it did not merit a response. Mercedes pressed him, and he sent her his comments, which are here.

One amazing comment by Pasi Sahlberg; he’s now paying as much taxes as he paid in Finland but gets far fewer benefits or services. Finland: true universal health care, free university education and other benefits that we can only dream about all for taxes that are comparable to US taxes. There is no war on unions or public school teachers in Finland and it is not in the grips of libertarian billionaires who are hell bent on destroying public schools and the social programs that we do have. A very sad commentary on the US, the most exceptional country on the earth, so we are told.
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See for your self, in case you missed Dan rather’s “Finnish First.”
http://blip.tv/hdnet-news-and-documentaries/dan-rather-reports-finnish-first-6518828
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