The American educational system is based on fair and equal educational gain among all students in the classroom. It is thought that by changing classrooms each year, a student will progress further.  It is also thought that this system will enhance a child’s way of learning by being surrounded among a variety of students each year with various skills and strengths. This however, is not the belief in Finland, where the curriculum is relaxed, children are honored among classmates for their academic strengths and helped with their weaknesses in the same classroom. Finnish children grow together, in the same classroom, with the same teacher for the first 5-7 years of their education while many American schools tend to separate students with weakness from the stronger students in specific subjects like reading, … Read entire article »