È vero? La scuola pubblica della Finlandia (vivo in Nord America dove vorrei che questo sia così).

Idk if it’s true but

> the rich were prompted to invest in public schools

I think that’s just called taxes

Almost no one invests in public schools. They’re already good because they’re funded properly (arguable) by taxes. Some schools are better though and the rich just live in an area or move to one with better schools.

Yes, it’s true.

Also in Switzerland and Finland, traffic violations are fined by income levels not fixed rates

Not all developed nations worship capitalism

There are some private schools that charge tuition, but most people go to public or publicly funded private schools which are not allowed charge tuition.

I am not sure what “prompted to invest in public schools” means. They are funded by taxes so private persons can’t really invest in them. They can vote for canditates that want to increase their funding but they have same amount votes as everyone else.

Yes this is true of Finland. However it’s a bit more nuanced because of course some schools (high school and college prep level) are better than others due to the area of town and thus there is stiff competition (grades and entrance tests) to access them, which still favors kids from more wealthy backgrounds. So it’s not purely level. But in terms of funding, resources, school lunch, things like that, yes Finland does it this way. I am an American who moved to Finland 22 years ago and this kind of thing is why I chose to raise my daughter here rather than moving back to the US as I had originally envisaged. I believe this was the right choice for many reasons; also the fact that she never had to learn those “active shooter drills” at school which to me is just dystopian

There are private schools, mostly steiner or christian schools, that depend on their funding from public money or fundraising. Researched a bit, there are a very few exceptions as very specialized schools like some bi-lingual schools might be able to collect some reasonably priced tuition fee 

Funny, I personally believe this to be a value everyone would benefit from.

Yes it’s called taxes. Sweden is similar. There are “friskolor” but they’re more for religious based or language based schools.

So this is all true. It’s a generally successful public education system, where virtually everyone regardless of background does go. There are some universal issues like reduction in attention spans etc. — the scholastic performance is going down population-wide, which I believe is the case in most developed countries in recent years.

Especially as you go to bigger cities, with lots of neighbourhoods with their their own public schools to choose from, you get some nuances. While we don’t have anything resembling real slums, some neighbourhoods are better off socioeconomically than others. The better neighourhoods have fewer social issues, higher-educated parents, fewer children from recent immigrant families with lacking Finnish language skills etc. — correspondingly, the schools in these neighbourhoods are better places to study. Parents picking a neighbourhood with good schools is increasingly a thing, deepening the divide between neighbourhoods.

As a rule though, I’d say a talented kid will still get a good start to life, regardless of where they go to school. It’s the kids who are not trouble-makers but who’d need just a bit of support or more peace to concentrate, who can really struggle in those rowdier schools.

In bigger cities you also have some schools with specialized curricula, like fully bilingual teaching (typically Finnish combined with German, French or English). You can apply to these from any part of the city, and there may be entrance exams. This is where the background of the parents start to be very heavily skewed: not necessarily rich, but they do tend to be very highly educated on average.

Live in Finland with wife and 3 soon adult sons. Grew up in Denmark. In both countries all schools are for all – very few send their kids to private schools and in most areas there are no private schools.
Tuition is free and kids are equipped with a laptop and all other school materials funded by the public sector.
In Finland schools does not only have teaching staff but also assistance staff, supporting teachers, student counselors and staff that solely focus on students well being. On top of that students are provided with a daily free lunch which have to follow the national guidelines for healthy food and recommendations for sustainability. So button line is that public schools are good.
Of course there is room for improvements however it does not make much sense to send your kids to a private school here atleast.

Not the silver bullet as it is described. In Hungary the same system worked for several decades, but rich parents simply paid for private tutors for their kids no one tried to fix the rotting education system.

Well you choose the area you live in so when kids go to school they get into a decent one. “Better areas” usually have better schools around. Not necessarily that there’s something fundamentally different but likely students behave better, parents take school seriously and teachers are happier in general.

I live in the capital area and have seen tons of families move out before kids start going to school. Well housing us more affordable obviously as well further away from capital area.

comical