Best Quote by Liz Kendall

“Education became Finland’s best hope for preparing its population for a new economy based not on agriculture or manufacturing, but on knowledge.”

— Anu Partanen

“The Finns decided that the only way to get serious about education was to select highly educated teachers, the best and brightest of each…

— Amanda Ripley

“The more time I spent in Finland, the more I started to worry that the reforms sweeping across the United States had the equation…

— Amanda Ripley

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

— Larry Niven

I might move to Finland, at least for a while, to learn the language a bit better, 'cause you don't learn any language better…

— Floor Jansen

In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.

— Renny Harlin

I wouldn't change my childhood for anything. The Dutch are really nice people. The schools were great.

— Stefflon Don

“One of the most important policies introduced by Finland’s school reforms was the requirement that all teachers from elementary through high school have a…

— Anu Partanen

I would get rid of the Department of Education. I would get rid of the state departments of education and let the local people…

— Paul Orfalea

What if the primary work of education was the transforming of our imagination rather than the saturation of our intellect?

— James K. A. Smith

If I were a headmaster, I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead and my pupils would study…

— Roald Dahl

I'd make all schoolchildren take ballet lessons every morning. And I'd ban advertising aimed at children.

— Helen Baxendale