// Indeed, Finland's population of 5.4 million can be compared to many an American state -- after all, most American education is managed at the state level. According to the Migration Policy Institute, a research organization in Washington, there were 18 states in the U.S. in 2010 with an identical or significantly smaller percentage of foreign-born residents than Finland. //
I would be interested in knowing which states those are and how those states did on the PISA. I don't have easy access for researching this now, but if no one else has gotten to it before Friday, I will try to remember to see if I can figure it out then.
In any case, the comparison to Norway, if we think it is a valid analysis, is an important one in checking the idea that smallness and cultural homogeneity are what make Finland's success on this front possible.
J
On Jun 19, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The key variable here is probably whether an established church catches on
>> or not.
>>
>
> I've just been reminded that the Church of Ireland was disestablished in
> 1871, while the Church of Scotland won independence from civil control
> (which it had always claimed) in 1921.
>
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen
> lytlað."
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