News Comparative Education Work Should Begin at Home Dean James Ryan urges seeking best practices in the US and overseas Posted December 7, 2016 By James Ryan "The new PISA scores are just out. The scores usually show, as they did again this year, that the United States performs relatively poorly compared with other countries, including some regular high-performers like Singapore and Finland, and some new comers to the top of the list, like Estonia. This way of reporting is slightly misleading because the United States doesn't have an education system. It has at least 51 of them--one for each state, plus the District of Columbia. You might say that we actually have over 14,000 systems, which is the number of school districts in the country. But for now, let's stick with just 51, because there is no plausible way to contend that the United States has a single, national school system, and that's the important point..."Read more at Education Week News The latest research, perspectives, and highlights from the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles News Why Finland's Schools Are Top-Notch On CNN.com, Visiting Professor Pasi Sahlberg writes about the main factors that prevent American students from achieving the kind of success that Finnish students attain. News Taking a Page from the Bay State's Education Playbook News The Finnish Education Ambassador Visiting Professor Pasi Sahlberg, author of the book 'Finnish Lessons' reflects on what the world can learn from educational change in Finland.