In my previous post, I introduced some of the statistics involved in Finland’s philosophy, “Teach Less, Learn More.” I discussed how even though Finland’s students spend fewer hours in the classroom, they consistently outperform other nations on many comparable assessments. Because I don’t think we will all of a sudden have a new calendar that allows us to “teach less,” part 2 of my discussion of Finnish Paradox #1 will dive directly into strategies that teachers can and should use to allow students to take control of their own learning. I truly believe that for us, this paradox should mean that we as teachers spend less time directly teaching our students and give them more of an opportunity to teach and learn themselves. The Finns call this being “minimally invasive.” By getting out of the way, our students will prosper and have an opportunity to truly learn something meaningful. I’ve made it my goal to be as minimally invasive a...