Leo Ackley's guest appearances

Leo Ackley

Ethical Schools

Geoffrey Canada

Mark Gordon

Deborah Meier

Scarlett Lewis

Bob Moses

Melissa Rivers

Anna Allanbrook

Jesse Lewis

Pedro Noguera

Eva Lopez

Zoe Weil

David Kirkland

Stephanie Carnes

Jesse Hagopian

Lev Moscow

OwlTail

Amy interviews Leo Ackley, who emigrated to Finland in the 1972. He taught art, history of architecture, design, and engineering in Finnish schools for 37 years. We discuss the Finnish system. Teachers have autonomy to develop their own curricula. Finnish administrators are answerable to teachers rather than the other way around. Homework is rare and...

Leo Ackley on teaching in Finland’s consistently superior schools