By Pasi Sahlberg and Jonathan Hasak* Published in Washington Post, 9 May 2016 One thing that distinguishes schools in the U.S. from schools around the world is how data walls, which typically reflect standardized test results, decorate hallways and teacher lounges. Green, yellow, and red colors indicate levels of performance of students and classrooms. For serious reformers, this is the type of transparency that reveals more data…
read moreDigitalisaatiosta toivotaan pulassa olevan Suomen pelastajaa. Moni arvelee, että teknologian luomat ratkaisut auttavat myös suomalaisen koulutuksen kasvu-uralle. PISA-tulosten väitetään meillä kääntyneen laskuun koulun vanhentuneiden opetusmenetelmien takia. On totta, että digitaalisia työvälineitä hyödynnetään Suomen kouluissa kansainvälisesti vertaillen niukasti. Läppäreiden, ipädien ja älylaitteiden…
read moreBy Pasi Sahlberg and Jonathan Hasak “Atticus told me to remove the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird, 1960) Schools of education everywhere aim at preparing their graduates to change the world. The challenge, however, is that typical means of communicating reform knowledge are too slow and too weak to make an impact. Students may have knowledge about what to do, but they often don’t…
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