{"id":2680,"date":"2012-08-25T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:50:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:50:32","slug":"where-ive-been-weekly-aug-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/08\/25\/where-ive-been-weekly-aug-19-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I\u2019ve Been Online (Weekly: Aug. 19-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h4>~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~<\/h4>\n<div id=\"ditemItem_0\">\n<h2>22 Aug 12<\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"title_0\"><a id=\"titleLink_0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/photos\/ten-surprising-facts-finlands-education-system-americans-should-not-ignore\" rel=\"nofollow\">Finland\u2019s Education System: 10 Surprising Facts That Americans Shouldn\u2019t Ignore<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"bDisplayTemp_0\">\n<p id=\"desc_0\">Finland has consistently scored among the highest nations in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test given every three years by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that measures student achievement across the globe. Another remarkable fact about Finland\u2019s education system is that students are only required to take one test during their entire time as students.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s academic success has drawn a great amount of attention, leaving many countries wondering if it\u2019s the Nordic country\u2019s teaching methods or if there\u2019s magic water in their fjord. Here are 10 things that set Finland apart from the rest of the world in education.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak?domain=www.takepart.com\">more from www.takepart.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tags:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/finland\">finland<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/system\">system<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ditemDetails_0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>20 Aug 12<\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"title_1\"><a id=\"titleLink_1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiangeek.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programmer%20competency%20matrix.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Programmer Competency Matrix<\/a><\/h2>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak?domain=www.indiangeek.net\">more from www.indiangeek.net<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Tags:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/programming\">programming<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/competency\">competency<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/career\">career<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/matrix\">matrix<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2680'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2680);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2680);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2680);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~ 22 Aug 12 Finland\u2019s Education System: 10 Surprising Facts That Americans Shouldn\u2019t Ignore Finland has consistently scored among the highest nations in the Programme for International Student &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/08\/25\/where-ive-been-weekly-aug-19-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-He","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1926,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/12\/31\/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success-anu-partanen-national-the-atlantic\/","url_meta":{"origin":2680,"position":0},"title":"What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland&#8217;s School Success &#8211; Anu Partanen &#8211; National &#8211; The Atlantic","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"December 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"American public education is like WAL-MART. 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