The Huffington Post has an absolutely fantastic interview with the Minister of Education in Finland, Ms. Henna Virkunnen.

Many studies and experts point to Finland as one of the best school systems in the world.

I have often used it as an example that Teacher Unions don’t have to be “the enemy” and that the main problem we face in the United States is that the teacher profession is seen as a “Plan B” or definitely lesser option than a job in the private sector as opposed to one of the highest ranking and highly competitive professions that it should be.

Please read this article, it really gives a lot of impulses for discussion.

What do you think? Can/should we copy some of Finland’s practices? What obstacles are we facing? How could we overcome them? Every comment will be answered.