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greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
2. Finnish schools have many immigrant children
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 12:09 PM
Nov 2013

They teach many young immigrants by language immersion and small class sizes. This is easily replicable by any state in the US if we could get the corporate, class and racist influences out of education policy.

The excuse of too many diverse people is inherently racist and classist at its core. This is just a clever way of saying those children of color and those low class white kids are too stupid to teach.

The Finns spend less on education per student, but pay their teachers better. They also have a very small teacher to student ratio while spending less than the US.

This is the education model we should follow in the US. It will save money and educate children better. It will not make money for Michele Rhee and David Brennan, so politically it will take educating the public on how bad we are getting ripped off by the corporate hacks.

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