Faced with discouraging stats—U.S. students can’t seem to crack the global top 20 in math and science proficiency—a little humor goes a long way. “Blow Minds” sums up its project as goofy nationalistic rivalry: “You can help in this mission to grow smarter as a nation and stop us from getting bullied by that smarty-pants Finland.”

But does the U.S. need to look more closely at other countries like Finland to figure out how to better prepare American students for careers in the STEM fields? Or does this country already have the resources and the methods it needs to compete globally in STEM education? In advance of the Zócalo/Arizona State University event “What Can Other Countries Teach Us About Teaching STEM?”, we asked experts in education theory and strategy: What country can the U.S. look to as a model in improving science and math education?

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