Dwight School

Private school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. In The Nordic Theory of Everything the Finnish educator Pasi Sahlberg mentions there, in passing, that Finland has no private schools.

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Source	Author	Role	In one line
The Nordic Theory of Everything	Anu Partanen	setting	Pasi Sahlberg tells a private-school audience, almost unnoticed, that Finland has no private schools.

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The Nordic Theory of Everything — Anu Partanen (2016)

Source: The Nordic Theory of Everything · Original · Readwise highlight

As he sat in an Upper West Side classroom at the Dwight School, directly across from Central Park, surrounded by students, teachers, and visitors, America’s fascination with Finnish education was on full display.

• Role: setting
• In the book: In December 2011 Pasi Sahlberg visits the private prep school to talk about American and Finnish education; students ask about teachers’ prestige, school days and the SAT, and he says in passing that Finland has no private schools.
• Why it matters: The scene where the book’s central claim about Finnish schooling is delivered to an American audience.