What Makes Finland So Successful?

How does Finland do it? What is so structurally different in their education system that puts their success rate head and shoulders above all other countries?

It is far too simplistic to write it off as demographics; using similar demographics in the United States, Finland still wins (especially when you consider one in three kids receives some kind of special services but are not sequestered in "special ed" classes).

SO how do they do it? Take a look:




Infographic courtesy of OnlineClasses.org!