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MannyGoldstein

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12. That's all part of it. But there's other factors, too.

Reply to Android3.14 (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 22, 2013, 02:19 PM

Jun 2013

Mass probably has more poverty than many other countries, e.g. Finland, but it still produces amazing results.

This won't be popular, but I suspect a lot of it has to do with Mass being the first state to implement standardized curricula and testing.

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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