Pasi SAHLBERG PhD
Askwith Talk 2013 - Pasi Sahlberg
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<strong>Pasi</strong> <strong>SAHLBERG</strong>, <strong>PhD</strong> <br />
Director General <br />
Helsinki FINLAND <br />
Askwith Forum Talk <br />
Harvard Graduate School of Educa:on <br />
Cambridge, MA, USA <br />
23rd APRIL 2013 <br />
pasisahlberg.com<br />
Twitter: @pasi_sahlberg
Five things you need to know <br />
(1) Finland has never aimed to be the best <br />
Great school for <br />
each and every <br />
child! <br />
We will have the best <br />
school system in the world <br />
by year 2020!
Five things you need to know <br />
(2) The most important accomplishments <br />
Free public school system<br />
Winter War<br />
Universal suffrage<br />
Welfare State<br />
WW II
Five things you need to know <br />
(3) The most trusted public insRtuRons <br />
Police (90%)<br />
Education system (89%)<br />
Army (83%)<br />
Health care system (72%)<br />
Legal system (72%)
Five things you need to know <br />
(4) Equal wealth distribuRon <br />
High <br />
Learning outcomes <br />
. <br />
Low <br />
Income inequality <br />
High <br />
Wilkinson & Picke-, 2009 <br />
OECD, 2010
Five things you need to know <br />
(5) Finland does well overall <br />
Prosperity <br />
Finland #1 <br />
United States #9 <br />
Economic compeRRveness <br />
Finland #3 <br />
United States #7 <br />
CorrupRon PercepRon Index <br />
Finland #2 <br />
United States #24 <br />
Global Equity Index <br />
Finland #2 <br />
United States #48 <br />
Income Inequality Rate <br />
Finland 5.6 <br />
United States 15.9 <br />
Technological Advancement <br />
Finland #1 <br />
United States #9 <br />
Global InnovaRon Index <br />
Finland #4 <br />
United States #10 <br />
Child Poverty Rate <br />
Finland 4% <br />
United States 22% <br />
Global Gender Gap Index <br />
Finland #2 <br />
United States #22 <br />
PoliRcal Empowerment <br />
of Women <br />
Finland #2 <br />
United States #55 <br />
Least Failed State <br />
Finland #1 <br />
United States #19 <br />
The UN Happiness Index <br />
Finland #2 <br />
United States #11 <br />
Child Wellbeing <br />
Finland #4 <br />
United States #26
“The sad joke these days is: If you<br />
want to live the American Dream,<br />
move to Finland.” (2011)
Why?
Global Educa:onal <br />
Reform Movement <br />
The Finnish <br />
Way <br />
COMPETITION <br />
COLLABORATION <br />
STANDARDIZATION <br />
PERSONALIZATION <br />
TEST-‐BASED <br />
ACCOUNTABILITY <br />
TRUST-‐BASED <br />
RESPONSIBILITY <br />
CHOICE <br />
EQUITY
Impact of GERM?<br />
National averages of 15-year-old students learning outcomes in mathematics 2000-09<br />
580 <br />
560 <br />
540 <br />
520 <br />
2000 <br />
500 <br />
480 <br />
2003 <br />
2006 <br />
2009 <br />
460 <br />
440 <br />
420 <br />
USA UK Canada Australia Japan New Zealand The Netherlands Finland <br />
Source: OECD
Education policies for equity and<br />
excellence in Finland
Students’ performance in <br />
reading, mathemaRcs and <br />
science (e.g. PISA) <br />
Key Policy #1: Beder equity <br />
High Performers Club <br />
Excellence <br />
Equity <br />
Strength of the <br />
relaRonship between <br />
performance and socio-economic<br />
background <br />
Source: OECD
Key Policy #2: Invest and act early <br />
Share of government spending on children<br />
Early childhood Middle Late <br />
U.S. <br />
Netherlands <br />
Germany <br />
Finland <br />
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% <br />
Veera<br />
Source: OECD
Key Policy #2: Invest and act early <br />
Share of government spending on children<br />
Early childhood Middle Late <br />
U.S. <br />
Netherlands <br />
Germany <br />
Finland <br />
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% <br />
Veera<br />
Source: OECD
Key Policy #2: Invest and act early <br />
Share of government spending on children<br />
Early childhood Middle Late <br />
U.S. <br />
Netherlands <br />
Germany <br />
Finland <br />
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% <br />
Veera<br />
Source: OECD
Key Policy #2: Invest and act early <br />
Percentage of pupils in special educaRon <br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 <br />
School years
Key Policy #2: Invest and act early <br />
Returns to a unit dollar invested<br />
Rate of return to investment in Human Capital<br />
Earliest years<br />
Pre-school<br />
School<br />
Postschooling<br />
1 3 6 18 24 age<br />
Veera<br />
Source: Heckman & LaFontaine (2007)
Key Policy #3: Teacher Professionalism <br />
Veera
Key Policy #3: Teacher Professionalism <br />
Quality control <br />
at entry <br />
Applicants <br />
Accepted <br />
Applicants and accepted to primary teacher educaRon in the University of Helsinki in 2012
Key Policy #3: Teacher Professionalism <br />
“The key to success in any field is, to a large <br />
extent, a mader of pracRcing a specific task <br />
for a total of around 10,000 hours” <br />
Anders Ericsson
“Doing a wrong thing righter” <br />
“You can always count<br />
on Americans to do the<br />
right thing - after they've<br />
tried everything else.”
Lessons from Finland
Finnish Lesson #1: <br />
“More collaboration, less<br />
competition.”
Finnish Lesson #2: <br />
“In education prevention is<br />
always cheaper than repair.”
Finnish Lesson #3: <br />
School readiness: “Schools<br />
ready for children, not children<br />
ready for school”
Finnish Lesson #4: <br />
“Better gender equality brings<br />
equity-focused education policies.”
Finnish Lesson #5: <br />
“Enhanced equity seems to drive<br />
improving quality.”
Thank you! <br />
pasisahlberg.com<br />
Twitter: @pasi_sahlberg
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