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mtasselin

(666 posts)

3. get out

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 06:57 AM

Jun 2013

If only we would get the hell out of the teachers way and let them teach. Enough of these bureaucrats who are always trying to get on the front pages for some face time and they do not know what the hell they are talking about. School vouchers are not the answer, certain people just want to dismantle the teachers union.

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Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland [View all] eridani Jun 2013 OP

k&r LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #1

We should hire Dr. Pasi Sahlberg to oversee Enthusiast Jun 2013 #2

If he said 20 different things, that's the one that would be reported on. Igel Jun 2013 #8

get out mtasselin Jun 2013 #3

Massachusetts schools perform better than Finland's schools MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #4

Yet the far-right are angry with Massachusetts because.... TRoN33 Jun 2013 #5

It's about poverty, but even more than that... Android3.14 Jun 2013 #7

Prove it we have lousy teacher quality and don't have "content knowledge" duffyduff Jun 2013 #11

Math Android3.14 Jun 2013 #13

That's all part of it. But there's other factors, too. MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #12

Perhaps Android3.14 Jun 2013 #14

Since Finland's ENTIRE population is only about one tenth the number of all students in American duffyduff Jun 2013 #9

Massachusetts is to be commended for their excellence. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #10

Massachusetts is a pretty good place to live in general MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #15

"Common sense tends to rule the day." Enthusiast Jun 2013 #16

+1 HiPointDem Jun 2013 #17

This man has said all the wrong things. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #6