What if Finland's great teachers taught in U.S. schools?

The Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland and Norway — shown here on this model globe — are the best places for moms, according to a new study. For Moms in Finland, every day is Mother's Day. A new report from the non-profit Save the Children says ...

Investors have good reason to be excited about Finland. The Nordic country, which gave birth to mobile phone giant Nokia, already has a reputation for innovation. That status is now entering a further stage, thanks to a new emphasis on nurturing ...

When Allan Deck visited a classroom in Finland, the first thing he noticed was the autonomy the teachers had. Teachers created their own courses, says Mr. Deck, head of the English department at Jasper Place High School in Edmonton. As long as ...

The report said the top five countries are Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands with the bottom five in descending order being Niger, Mali, Sierra Leone, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It described the DRC as the ...

Thinking of having a baby? You may want to consider moving to Finland -- the best place in the world to be a mother, according to Save the Children's 14th Mothers' Index. The index, part of the group's annual State of the World's Mothers report, is ...

Finland may represent a different administrative and social culture to Israel, but the operating strategy it has chosen is relevant for Israel as well. Will Israel find the political courage to get rid of traditional centralizing patterns of ...

Mothering is in the news, again. A report out today reveals that the UK has failed to rank among the top 20 places in the world to be a mother. Finland, Sweden and Norway make the top three of Save the Children's mothers' index, the UK ranks at ...

A common approach in advertising is called product as hero, which celebrates the sponsors soup, soap or soda as the be-all, end-all, cure-all and whatever-all-else. But in an era when skeptical consumers dismiss straightforward chest-thumping as ...

HELSINKI - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Board of Directors of GATES has appointed Basil Papayoti as its President. Mr. Papayoti is an industry veteran with 25 years of direct commercial airline maintenance experience. Starting his career as an Engine ...