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Date: Monday, May 5, 2014
Time: 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Location: World Bank J1-050 & Online
Finland is this decade's shiny icon of classroom success. Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland's school system has consistently come at the top of international rankings. Finland’s schools are publicly funded, homework is minimal, and compulsory schooling does not begin until age 7. The Finnish system draws teacher candidates from the top 10% of graduates, trains teachers well, and lets them design the curriculum around very lean national standards. What can other countries learn from Finland’s successes, and what challenges should they keep in mind?
xGlobal poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right expert solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems while ignoring the political oppression that created them in the first place, accidentally colluding with autocrats who violate the rights of the poor. The Tyranny of Experts traces the history of the fight against global poverty, showing how development has long suppressed the vital debate on the individual rights of people in developing countries, the crucial debate on whether unchecked power for dictators is the problem and not the solution.
