Aija Riniken, senior ministerial advisor, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, shares her perspective on the future of basic education. She writes that her perspective is mainly from Finland's point of view because she has worked on many different levels of education in Finland and has witnessed many changes throughout the years. Here Riniken writes that with this article she is reaching wider with her ponderings because internationalization and cooperation between countries is an important and continually increasing aspect of education. She believes that many issues are common between countries, and all nations have a lot to learn from one another.