However, taken overall, Finnish parents trust their neighborhood schools. And it’s not just the structure of the basic education system that creates relatively peaceful parents and families. It’s also the accessibility of higher education after the compulsory education system ends. As a society Finland has set a goal for itself that every graduate of junior high school will have a spot in a school at the next level waiting for them, whether academic or vocational, and that all youths under the age of twenty-five will be meaningfully occupied in either studies or employment. And since most
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