PASI SAHLBERG

Pasi Sahlberg a Finnish educator who has explored education systems and schools around the world. His recent books include “In Teachers We Trust” (2021), and “Let the Children Play” (2019). Pasi has been awarded for his lifetime work for schools and children by many awards, more recently the 2016 Lego Prize, the 2021 Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal, and 2021 Hedley Beare Award from ACEL. His is currently Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Melbourne.

From a lone wolf to a curious kangaroo

During the past decade Australia has become an educational lone wolf by choosing its own path to better schools. Failure to learn from successes and mistakes of other countries, finds us spending much of our energy blaming one another for progress that we would like to see in education. The time has come to break free from this cycle and re-engage in international dialogues of education futures. It’s time to be a curious kangaroo and lead the way in creating better and fairer schools for all.