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Finland Is Designing Perfect Schools, and the US Can't Replicate Them

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Finnish schools are increasingly adopting the mindset that flexible, open learning spaces are better than walled-off classrooms.

Kuvatoimisto Kuvio Oy Finland's repeated success in national education rankings means there are at least a few lessons the US can learn. But one that it can't replicate — due to old-school mindsets about what education is supposed to look like — is how Finland designs its schools. Finnish schools are increasingly adopting the mindset that flexible, open learning spaces are better than walled-off classrooms, and that mixing students of different ages is better than drawing bright lines between grades. Here's what it's all about. Kastelli school and community center, located in Oulu,…

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