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submitted 10 months ago by itsame@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

Finland ranked seventh in the world in OECD's student assessment chart in 2018, well above the UK and the United States, where there is a mix of private and state education

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[-] kautau@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No country is safe from the “we shouldn’t educate children unless it’s profitable” and “women only exist to have said children” situation, unfortunately. You would hope that examples like this would push forward a universal agenda of better public schooling anywhere, but instead the agenda coming off it from the rich is generally “oh no, we don’t want everyone to be well educated, just my children, who will specifically act like me as they age and increase the gap”

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Never-mind that that a lot of the upsides of living in Finland, even as a member of the upper class, are thanks to the extremely high average level of education.

Where exactly do these people think all these highly competent workers able to fuel highly profitable and innovative companies are coming from?

But because the return on investment of education is paid back over a life-time, not quarterly, I guess it doesn't count. I pray these dinosaurs die off and allow new generations into government before it's too late. Luckily, that IS slowly beginning to happen.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I agree, the dinosaurs need to go

[-] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Except there have been a ton of studies that show it IS profitable…in the long term. But it’s profitable in that it saves a ton of money in things like prison systems. So it’s not profitable to the right people. If we spend money on education, private prisons get less money and oligarchs have to actually pay people a living wage to make their clothing and street signs.

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