The Happiest Place on Earth
In 2006, Adrian G. White of Leicester University, ranked Denmark top of his 'Satisfaction with Life Index' with a score of 273.4. Burundi came last, scraping a mere 100. White combined features of happiness into an innovative human measure and discovered that health, wealth and access to education most affected the final number. In the same year Finland topped the PISA charts in an international comparison of achievement in Reading, Mathematics and Science. In the same areas, Demark came 16th, 12th and 18th. But Fins are deemed only the 6th happiest people on the planet. So what, if any, are the connections between Happiness and learning, and where does the UK rank on both?
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