Finns aren't what they used to be

Finland has been the poster child for education reform,writes BBC News when presenting a report authored by Gabriel Heller Sahlgren, affiliated to IFN: Real Finnish Lessons: The true story of an education superpower. "Mr Sahlgren argues that Finland's star performance in the 2000 Pisa tests was built on the legacy of an older, very traditional education system, which had been part of the country's process of nation building."