How Finland broke every rule — and created a top school system

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2. John Dewey and the progressives had this same argument with the traditionalists in the

early 1900s, people opted for schooling over education.

Their stories are in tens of thousands of books and docs in the educational philosophy section of a university library. Interesting if one wants to figure out how we got here.

The upshot of it was that people chose control and uniformity over exploring and keeping the learning experience in the hands of the student, not killing their interest and spirit.

Could be part of the reason thee country is so afraid today.