The reporters stirred, restless for a ranking. Eventually he gave them what they wanted. The number-one country in the world was…Finland. There was a pause. Schleicher was himself a bit puzzled by this outcome, but he didn’t let it show. “In Finland, everyone does well,”he said, “and social background has little impact.”
Finland? Perhaps there had been some kind of mistake, whispered education experts, including the ones who lived in Finland.