Reading Comprehension - Editorial

Homeschooling children learn without

realizing it, through everyday tasks.

• True

• False

The editor does not think that a drastic

change in the US education system

would produce positive results.

• True

• False

Every student in the US will take 112

mandated standardized tests.

• True

• False

In Finland, students who don’t go on

to college are in the minority in the

country.

• True

• False

The editor believes that despite the

education crisis, America is still a world

leader.

• True

• False

Teachers in Finland are given more

agency than US teacher when it comes

to selecting what to actually teach.

• True

• False

According to the editor, the US’s place

in the world education rankings, is not

something to be ashamed of.

• True

• False

‘Unschooling’ focuses on a student’s

areas of strength, and facilitates an

improvement on those.

• True

• False

The editor admires Finland’s education,

but doesn’t think it is a good example

for the US.

• True

• False

Traditional schools focus on students’

areas of failure, and improving on those.

• True

• False