Events: MIT to Screen Documentary on Finland’s School Success

MIT will screen “The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System” on Thursday, May 5, at the Ray and Maria Stata Center, beginning with a 6 p.m. reception and followed by an 8 p.m. panel discussion with: Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Cambria Managing Director Ellen Kumata, Harvard Graduate School of Education Academic Dean Robert B. Schwartz, and Harvard Innovation Education Fellow Tony Wagner.

In the latest survey from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Finland placed second in science literacy, third in mathematics and second in reading.

Visit here to view a trailer.


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