March 2021 | Pasi SahlbergPasi Sahlberg

In Finland education is a basic civil right

By Pasi Sahlberg and William Doyle Two decades ago, Finland made big news in international education circles. Against all odds it became a top-performer in OECD’s first PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) study that compared 15-year-olds’ knowledge and skills in reading, mathematical and scientific literacies. Since about 2010 education experts and pundits in the United States have debated whether there is…

The education conversation Australia must have

When my friends overseas ask me what I think about Australian education, I tell them that we have the best schools in the world – but not for everyone. Indeed, according to internationally comparative evidence, the learning gap between the lowest and highest performing students in Australia is huge. At the age of 15, this learning gap equates to three years of schooling. It is an inconvenient fact that one of the wealthiest…

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