What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart

MARCH 31, 2008 MONDAY AT 3PM CT

 


  High school students in Finland rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night, and yet Finnish teenagers are among the smartest in the world, earning some of the top scores of students tested in 57 countries. American educators are trying to figure out what makes Finnish kids so smart.

Guest
  • Tapio Erma, principal of the Olari School in Finland
  • Heidi Toivonen, Fulbright teaching assistant from Finland. She teaches at Columbia University
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