“Dr. Sahlberg Director General of CIMO, Ministry of Education, Finland, talks to Phil Goff about what Finland has done to achieve the top-rating in education in the OECD.”
– Radio Planet FM, Auckland, New Zealand, 5/10/2012
“Director General of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) in Helsinki, Finland, and expert in educational reforms, training teachers, coaching schools and advising policy-makers, who is visiting New Zealand to speak at the annual meetings of the NZEI and PPTA. (32′15″)”
– Saturday morning with Kin Hill: Improving education, Radio New Zealand, Wellington, 6/10/2012
“This podcast is a conversation between Finnish academic and school improvement activist, Pasi Sahlberg, and Australian writer, commentator and public education advocate Jane Caro. It was recorded in the studio at Teachers Federation on Saturday 29 September, before both took part in a panel discussion at Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Jane and Pasi speak about the significant differences between education in the two countries as well as how Australia might learn from Finland as we develop new means and methods in the classroom.”
– Conversation with Jane Caro, NSWTF, Sydney, Australia, 2/10/2012
“What’s Finland doing that Minnesota is not? Pasi Sahlberg, an education expert in Finland, spoke to The Daily Circuit about the traits of his nation’s education system that leads to such high achievement and other positive reviews. Sahlberg was in Minnesota last week.”
– What can Minnesota learn from Finland’s education system, NPR in St. Paul, MN, USA, 23/10/2012
“Vieraana Pasi Sahlberg. Suomalainen koulutusviennin airut Pasi Sahlberg voitti 100 000 dollarin palkinnon kirjasta, joka käsittelee suomalaista koulujärjestelmää. Miksi ulkomailla ihaillaan suomalaista koulujärjestelmää?” (14′)
– YleX Etusivu, Helsinki, Finland, 4/12/2012
“Finland’s public education system consistently ranks among the top in the world in terms of achievement and efficiency. Pasi Sahlberg’s presentation talks about what the United States can learn from Finland, where education policies focus more on professional development rather than standardized tests, and pedagogy above technology. Sahlberg spoke at the University of Washington’s Kane Hall on November 14, 2012.” (54’20”)
– Education lessons from Finland, KUOW, Seattle, WA, USA, 24/1/2013
“Countries number one and two in the world in the latest global ranking of student academic performance: Finland and South Korea. The U.S. ranked number seventeen, down with Hungary and Slovakia. We know we can do better, but the interesting thing about the top-ranking two is how very differently they achieve success. South Korea, super-intense. School all the time. Finland, strikingly laid back. Teachers called by their first names. And yet they both pin the needle on outcomes. This hour, On Point: two different paths to the very top in education, and what the U.S. can learn. Guest: Okhwa Lee, Marc Tucker and Pasi Sahlberg.” (55’00”)
– On Point with Tom Ashbroo, NPR, Boston, MA, USA, 7/2/2013
“Michael Enright spoke to Finland’s education reform guru, Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, about how the country’s egalitarian, low-stress model has helped Finnish students reach for the top in the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Sunday Edition on 17th February.” (30’00”)
– The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, CBC, Toronto, Canada, 17/2/2013
“Why are we doing a show about Finland? The country just seems to get a lot of things right. It ranks among the highest in the world for self-reported happiness. The education system is also chronically ranked among the best in the world, but without the manic emphasis on standardized tests or cramming that afflicts other high achieving countries. They do health care better than we do, and maternity leave and parental sick time are givens.”
– Colin McEnroe Show, WNPR, Connecticut, 18/7/2013
“What’s amazing about the Finnish story is that the Finnish have basically done everything the opposite of the current education reform agenda in the United States. They’ve focused on equity over excellence, improving the teaching force, limiting student testing, putting responsibility and trust before accountability, and making sure schools and districts are led by education professionals. Pasi Sahlberg and I discussed all this, but also talked about his own experience as a student, and how he came to be an ambassador, of sorts, for Finland’s schools.”
– Development without Limits, Providence, RI, 14/1/2014
“High school students in the U.S. take lots of standardized tests. There are state tests, new Common Core-aligned field tests, and an alphabet soup of others like the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) and NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) exams, the SAT, ACT, AP and IB. It’s a lot by any objective measure. Parents and teens often charge that America tests its students more than any other nation in the world. But really, how does the U.S.’s test tally compare with what kids are taking elsewhere in the world?”
– U.S. Tests the Teens a Lot But Worldwide Exam Stakes are Higher, NPR All Things Considered, 30/4/2014
“What can we learn from the Finnish school system? As the education crisis continues in BC, we’re turning to Scandinavia, where many people say the education system is succeeding. Finland is often at the top of international lists of the best schools in the world. What’s their secret? Finnish kids don’t start school until the age of seven, have more recess, shorter school hours, and the lightest homework load. According to educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg, teachers in Finland have a sense of being well-regarded professionals, similar to doctors, lawyers, and engineers.”
– Could BC Learn from Finnish Schools, McComb Show, Vancouver, Canada, 11/9/2014
“Throughout the 2000s, Finland emerged as the country with the best performing educational system in the world. It did so by defying much of the educational conventional wisdom. While the Global Educational Reform Movement (referred to by Professor Sahlberg as GERM) has swept the world, spreading a message of centralization, standardization and accountability, Finland has focused on decentralization and local autonomy. In Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn From Educational Change in Finland?, Pasi Sahlberg explores how Finnish students get better results by doing less work than other students and with far less stress. In this episode, Bryan and Hunter discuss with Professor Sahlberg the success of Finland’s educational system and how it fits with everything else they’ve learned through the show.” (52′)
– About Finland’s Education Story, The Bryan Callen Podcast Episode 173, 11/25/2014
“In this interview, we hear some of his thoughts and considerations when advising governments about education policies and reforms. Ezra Zaid spoke to him about issues surrounding education, innovation and the future of schooling.” (46′)
– How (not) to fix education, BFM89,9, 1/24/2017
“Around the world educational research is showing us that play-based programs for children can provides the basis for success at school. Play helps a child’s development of learning and social skills, helping children face challenges and solve problems. In this week’s Babytalk Podcast you’ll meet Professor Sahlberg who explains what’s really letting the education of Australian children down. You’ll find out why the experts are saying play is the most important educational experience our children can have and how as parents we need to be actively involved in playing. And why as parents we probably need to be lobbying our politicians for not prioritising educational spending on our littlest citizens like Finland!”
– Babytalk podcast (ABC Radio), 11/23/2019
“This was a pleasant afternoon conversation with Radio New Zealand’s Jesse Mulligan who was curious to hear about how the pandemic is changing education, why play and regular breaks during school days are important, and what we need to know about health, wellbeing and learning impacts of media and digital technologies.”
–Afternoon with Jesse Mulligan, RNZ, 22/6/2020
“Over the past two decades, Finland has been regarded with praise and envy when it comes to PISA scores and student/teacher wellbeing. But why is this the case? In what ways is Finland a positive model for other countries to aspire to? Dr. Pasi Sahlberg explains the Finnish Miracle and shares his wisdom regarding the centrality of relationships in the classroom.”
–Reach. Teach. Talk. with Nat Damon, 7/7/2020