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Superintendent Adam Hartman summarizes lessons from Education First trip to Sweden, Finland and Estonia
Summary
Superintendent Adam Hartman told the Fremont Re‑1 Board of Education about a scholarship-supported Education First learning trip to Sweden, Finland and Estonia, highlighting takeaways on teacher preparation, trust in schools and curricular design that he says the district can adapt to its strategic plan.
Superintendent Adam Hartman told the Fremont Re‑1 Board of Education on an evening meeting that he attended an Education First (EF) international learning program in Scandinavia and Estonia and returned with observations he said could inform district practice.
Hartman said he was one of about 30 U.S. superintendents who took part in the EF program and described visiting Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn for roughly nine to 10 days. He said the trip was supported by an EF scholarship “to the tune of almost $8,000” and that he and other participants examined schools, museums and national education institutions.
Hartman said the most striking differences he observed were social attitudes toward teachers, consistency of curriculum, and a cultural trust that he described as supporting schools’ ability to operate without heavy litigation or parental…
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