Poland scores late goals in education
By Bill Hicks BBC Knowledge economy
Polish flag League rankings: Poland has overtaken many western European countries in education results
The eyes of the football world have turned to Poland, as it plays co-host to Euro 2012.
But the country has been winning international approval for a different kind of league table success - as Poland has become one of the rising stars in education.
Among eastern European, former-Communist countries, Poland has been the biggest education success story - following modernising reforms launched at the end of the 1990s.
It has also been more successful than most countries at one of the holy grails for education reform, equality of opportunity.
Poland's schools are succeeding, more than many others, in narrowing the gap between the weak and the strong, the gifted and the challenged.
No other European country has climbed the international education tables quite so consistently as this nation, which emerged so recently from decades of totalitarian rule and economic hardship.
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By Bill Hicks BBC Knowledge economy
Polish flag League rankings: Poland has overtaken many western European countries in education results
The eyes of the football world have turned to Poland, as it plays co-host to Euro 2012.
But the country has been winning international approval for a different kind of league table success - as Poland has become one of the rising stars in education.
Among eastern European, former-Communist countries, Poland has been the biggest education success story - following modernising reforms launched at the end of the 1990s.
It has also been more successful than most countries at one of the holy grails for education reform, equality of opportunity.
Poland's schools are succeeding, more than many others, in narrowing the gap between the weak and the strong, the gifted and the challenged.
No other European country has climbed the international education tables quite so consistently as this nation, which emerged so recently from decades of totalitarian rule and economic hardship.
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