The first edition of Finnish Lessons won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Education in 2013. It was featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, The Guardian, CNN, Education Week, The Huffington Post, and Dan Rather Reports and has been translated into 16 languages.
Now, with Finnish Lessons 2.0, Pasi Sahlberg has thoroughly updated his groundbreaking account of how Finland built a world-class education system during the past four decades. In this international bestseller, Sahlberg traces the evolution of Finnish education policies and highlights how they differ from the United States and much of the rest of the world. Featuring substantial additions throughout the text, Finnish Lessons 2.0 demonstrates how systematically focusing on teacher and leader professionalism, building trust between the society and its schools, and investing in educational equity rather than competition, choice, and other market-based reforms make Finnish schools an international model of success. This second edition details the complexity of meaningful change by examining Finland's educational performance in light of the most recent international assessment data and domestic changes. In the midst of continuous local reforms and global changes, Finnish Lessons 2.0 encourages educators, students, and policymakers to look beyond their own borders as they seek successful solutions for their education systems, districts, and schools.
International Acclaim for the first edition of Finnish Lessons :
"Sahlberg speaks directly to the sense of crisis about educational achievement in the United States and many other nations."
Diane Ravitch in The New York Review of Books, March 8, 2012
"This book will give hope, vision, and strategies to anyone who is sincere in bringing a great education to every child. Pick it up and read it."
John Wilson in Education Week, May 9, 2012
"Sahlberg's book contains important insights for a broad range of academics, educators, politicians, and the public."
Henrik Saalbach in Science, Vol. 336, June 2012
" Finnish Lessons is an important book and educators need to read it."
Gaea Leinhardt in Educational Researcher, 41(7), 271-273, September 2012
"Every educator and every parent in America should read Pasi Sahlberg's book, Finnish Lessons."
Howard Gardner in The Huffington Post, September 30, 2012
"Kills 99.9% of GERMs"
Niall MacKinnon in Times Education Supplement, November 11, 2011
"Simply put the one must read to begin to understand how Finland has built perhaps the world's most successful educational system over the past few decades."
Kenneth Bernste