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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course, some of it is funny... "Finnish schools vary so little because the schools have the same curriculum". [b]ummmm--maybe it is also because the Finnish socio-economic/language population also varies so little from school-to-school. [/b] The rest is pretty interesting though. I have heard over and over about play-based learning in the early years. Second child is going that route. First child was in a more academic setting. [/quote] yes, finland is not exactly a melting pot of diversity. There are a bunch of white, Finnish people there and that's it. They don't deal with the [b]massive diversity that is great [/b]but also is challenging to the UNited States school systems. [/quote] Is "diversity" the new code word for the poor masses of inner city blacks and Hispanics that are dragging down the test score averages? I do not think diversity on its own is "great", why is that automatically assumed? Finland and South Korea lead the list of successful schools, I hardly think they would prefer to change their homogenous population to one of "diversity" if it acts to diminish the success of the educational system. Where exactly did the term come from as there have been multi-cultures here for centuries-- but all of a sudden this is a the new "pc" code word to describe the lowest socioeconomic races in the country. [/quote] It doesn't' t matter whether or not diversity in itself is a good thing. That's how this country is and will continue to be. If you aren't in a "diverse" group, you have nothing to worry about, your DC' s test scores should be comparable to the South Koreans. See e.g. TJ admissions :lol: [/quote]
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