Posts tagged Social Change
“ In 1963, the Finnish Parlia-ment made the bold decision to choose public education as its best shot at economic recovery. “I call this the Big Dream of Finnish education,” said Sahlberg, whose upcoming book, Finnish Lessons, is scheduled for release in October. “It was simply the idea that every child would have a very good public school. If we want to be competitive, we need to educate everybody. It all came out of a need to survive.”
Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine
A phenomenal and eye-opening article on the state of education in Finland. The article essentially describes how the Finnish Education system works, highlighting differences in pedagogy and emphasizing the quality they seek to put in, as well as the results that have emerged in recent years.
For anyone interested in educational reform and improving current educational practices, MUCH can be learned and possibly emulated from what the Fins have put into place.
Design Action Collective has created this poster to celebrate the solidarity of Arab, African, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian (AAMEMSA) communities. Our communities are diverse, but have all been targeted similarly in this climate of Islamophobia. The ten year anniversary of 9/11 is upon us — this unique political moment is an opportunity to stand together and bring our strong, united voices to the national immigrant rights movement.
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This will now be my new profile picture. Especially now when we are coming near 9/11 where islamophobia always spikes
(via socialuprooting)
