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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/[/quote]

What they value is real challenge and real learning over real BS. Try to go there with the "equality" argument as framed by DCPS and you wouldn't last 3 days.[/quote]

what equality argument framed by DCPS are you referring to?  It's the Finns who have based their education system on equality.[/quote]

Nope, the Finns haven't "based their education system on equality"...in the US/ DCPS sense of huge attention to "at risk" and special ed students and trying to get the bottom half to the average, and essentially ignoring the top half.  They have based it on academic rigor for all, where "equality" means every kid can thrive academically - it's about "equal expectations"...that then, yes, leads to universal access.[/quote]

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