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How Finland Built the World's Most Productive Education System
Lucas and Luna dive into Finland's education model, which consistently produces high student outcomes with fewer hours and less homework than almost any other developed country. They explore the specific policies behind this productivity — teacher training, minimal standardized testing, and equity-focused funding — and ask whether the model can scale beyond a small, homogeneous nation. The episode uses concrete numbers: Finnish students spend about 600 hours per year in class versus 900 in the US, yet score near the top of PISA rankings. The hosts also touch on how this connects to…
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