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The Finland Phenomenon

  • Documentary

March 24, 2011 (US)

1h 0m

Inside the world's most surprising school system

Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, along with Harvard researcher, Dr. Tony Wagner, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured in ...

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