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A new report world education shows Finland has the best . The global study is called "The Learning Curve" and is from the British magazine "The Economist". It to help governments provide a better education to students. The 52-page report at the education system in 50 countries. Researchers analysed of statistics on exam grades, rates, attendance, and university graduation rates. Asia did in the report, with South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore second, third, fourth and fifth. The United States 17th in the study, while Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia filled the three positions in the top 50.

The Learning Curve reported on five things that education should remember. The first is that spending lots of money on schools and teachers does not always students will learn. Second is that "good teachers are essential to high- education". The report said teachers should be " as the valuable professionals they are, not as technicians in a , educational machine". Numbers three and four are that a country's must have a strong on the importance of education, and parents have a part to play. Finally, countries need to "educate for the future, not just the ." The report said: "Many of today’s job titles…simply did not 20 years ago."

 


 
 

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