Second grader Nitya Khare, an immigrant from India, listens to a story during an English-as-a-second-language class at Crescent Town Public School, in the Toronto school district. The school is among many in the district that embrace their role as community hubs, an approach that some say embodies the strengths of the Canadian education system.
Teaching is the most popular career for high school graduates in Finland, one international report found. Training programs typically choose just one in 10 applicants from the top quarter of their classes. The nation's modern facilities include schools such as Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School, in a suburb west of Helsinki.
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