A key difference is scale. Finland's population is 5 million people -- right between the cities of New York and Los Angeles.
So you're looking at 200-300 school districts in Finland and 12,000-15,000 in the US. Standards for everything from bussing to curriculum vary dramatically by state or even by district.
I'd attribute the variation in quality to scale, too much money and poor governance in the US.
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A key difference is scale. Finland's population is 5 million people -- right between the cities of New York and Los Angeles.
So you're looking at 200-300 school districts in Finland and 12,000-15,000 in the US. Standards for everything from bussing to curriculum vary dramatically by state or even by district.
I'd attribute the variation in quality to scale, too much money and poor governance in the US.