Comment by Frieren
> The results has been...not great.
Sweden is the 19th country in the PISA scores. And it is in the upper section on all education indexes. There has been a world decline on scores, but has nothing to do with the Swedish education system. (That does not mean that Sweden should not continue monitoring it and bringing improvements)
From Swedish news: https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/swedish-students-get-hi...
- Swedish students skills in maths and reading comprehension have taken a drastic downward turn, according to the latest PISA study.
- Several other countries also saw a decline in their PISA results, which are believed to be a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Considering our past and the Finnish progress (they considered following us in the 80s/90s as they had done but stopped), 19th is an disappointment.
Having teenagers that's been through most of the primary and secondary schools I kind agree with GP, especially when it comes to math,etc.
Teaching concepts and ideas is _great_, and what we need to manage with advanced topics as adults. HOWEVER, if the foundations are shaky due to too little repetition of basics (that is seemingly frowned upon in the system) then being taught thinking about some abstract concepts doesn't help much because the tools to understand them aren't good enough.