If there is a one-word answer to the often-posed question, 'What is the one thing that’s most different about the Finnish system?', it is trust. As I led a tour group through Finnish schools, a number of the group were ...

Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek wants Australian teachers to be the cream of the student crop. Following Finland's lead, last week, she reiterated a policy prefaced in September last year that would bar students with an ATAR below 80 from entering the ...