Here is a link to an article published on Time.com about Finland's education system. Finland ranks amongst the top 3 in the world for student performance in reading, math, and science. Finland's methods, however, are a stark contrast to it's neighbors in performance (Singapore and South Korea). Find out more here:
Finland's Educational Success? The Anti–Tiger Mother Approach
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2062419,00.html
I personally like Finland's approach better than the Tiger Mom approach, and think that the key is the careful selection and training of the teachers. Along with that, allow these highly trained teachers to actually teach, without choosing the curriculum, methods, etc for them. I loved this from the article, "you don't buy a dog and bark for it". I think this is an approach that the U.S. could incorporate.
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