Dr. Pasi Sahlberg: How the US Can Reform Our Education Systems

Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, lifelong educator, academic, policy maker, and author, hails from Finland and has been a driving force in educational reform in his home country and throughout the world. He is currently living in Melbourne, Australia and working for Southern Cross University. Dr. Sahlbery has worked in countries around the world helping to support universities in revamping their education programs in an effort to create highly effective educators that can go into public education and raise up the next generation. In our interview with Dr. Sahlberg, we talk about WHY teachers in the US have lost influence and power. Why has this NOT happened in Finland? With negative, disruptive behaviors on the rise in classrooms across America, how do we find the underlying causes and correct those? Becoming a teacher/educator in Finland is one of the top 3 choices: WHY? How does teaching in Finland look different than in the US? How has Finland created an education system based on full inclusion and student engagement? Why are standardized tests and teaching to those standards NOT working in the US? Should we shift gears and begin to see schools and education in a business model?Dr. Sahlberg is candid, sincere, and goes right to the heart of how we can raise good humans who are happy, knowledgeable, and succeed!Dr. Pasi Sahlberg: find his AMAZING books and resources here!