Want To Create A Great Education System? Just Do The Opposite Of What America Does.

By de-emphasizing competition and encouraging cooperation, doing away with standardized testing, and making teaching one of the most highly esteemed professions in the country, Finland has created one of the best education systems in the world. All while spending less per student than the United States does. 

Education

An 8th grader challenged his teacher to a dance-off. Her response made her famous.

Nature

California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

Pop Culture

‘The Hidden Fortress’: Why we’d never have ‘Star Wars’ without this 1958 Japanese classic

Culture

In 1890, a college student hid a camera in his vest, giving us the first candid look at Victorian life