Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe
How did #Estonia, a small country that is relatively poor compared with most of the EU, become an educational powerhouse?
In the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) rankings, which measures 15-year-olds’ abilities in maths, reading and science, the top spots are held by a handful of Asian countries, but Estonia ranks next – the best in Europe.
Its teachers are highly educated, the focus is on social and personal skills as much as academic learning and the typical curriculum is packed with a wide range of subjects, from robotics to music and arts.
