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This is just a set up for Ole and Lena jokes. Bosso 63 Nov 2013 #1
not really - it is a set up for the right wing crazies to attack rurallib Nov 2013 #2
Most right wing crazies think Sweden is where expensive watches and chocolates come from. Bosso 63 Nov 2013 #5
true - but they also watch like hawks for any fissure in their socialist paradise rurallib Nov 2013 #6
looks like the changes in 2006 were not the best for education? go back to 2000 policies. Sunlei Nov 2013 #3
Charter schools valerief Nov 2013 #4
They should be able to cure that with a little standardized testing curriculum and less teachers. nt adirondacker Nov 2013 #7
Yes, fewer teachers, but only if you strip them of their pensions, too. valerief Nov 2013 #8
There should be No Child's Behind Left! adirondacker Nov 2013 #9
Whew! valerief Nov 2013 #10
So, of course, guess which country inspired the English Tory govt for its schools reform? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #12
Look for what changed seveneyes Nov 2013 #11
The article points to the introduction of for profit charter schools. nt riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #19
All of the cheerleaders for a "mixed" system like Scandinavia... socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #13
Sounds like our government isn't the only one being duped by business leaders that the way to liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #14
Govts don't get duped. They get bought. nt valerief Nov 2013 #18
Probably all the swedish meatballs they eat (nt) The Straight Story Nov 2013 #15
and the gummy fish n/t underpants Nov 2013 #22
Right wingers can't govern, and their concept of education is to dumb down the kids Zorra Nov 2013 #16
It's not just right wingers. At least not here in the US. Here the republicans and democrats liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #17
Is child-centred Sweden ruled by bratty kids? FarCenter Nov 2013 #20
oh brother... xchrom Nov 2013 #21
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