Finnish Lessons won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award in Education
Finnish Lessons 2.0
What Can the World Learn from
Educational Change in Finland?
Second Edition
Pasi Sahlberg is a visiting professor at Harvard Graduate
New School of Education and former Director General of CIMO
Edition (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) at the
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Visit the author’s
website at [Link].
Forewords by Diane Ravitch and Andy Hargreaves
Afterword by Sir Ken Robinson
“Finnish Lessons 2.0 reminds us that a nation can consciously build
Jan 2015/264 pp./PB, $24.95/5585-3
an admirable school system if it pays close attention to the needs
of children, if it selects and prepares its educators well, and if it
builds educational communities that are not only physically attrac-
Acclaim for Finnish Lessons 2.0— tive but conducive to the joys of teaching and learning.”
“The story of Finland’s extraordinary —From the Foreword by Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of Error
educational reforms is one that
should inform policymakers and The first edition of Finnish Lessons won the prestigious Grawemeyer
educators around the world. Award in Education in 2013. It was featured by The New York Times,
Teacher professionalism, intelligent The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, The
accountability, and a systematic focus Guardian, CNN, Education Week, The Huffington Post, and Dan Rather
on equity are among the aspects of Reports and has been translated into 16 languages.
Finland’s education system that have
inspired others. This updated edition Now, with Finnish Lessons 2.0, Pasi Sahlberg has thoroughly
presents these lessons in a vivid and
updated his groundbreaking account of how Finland built a world-
inspiring style.”
class education system during the past four decades. In this
—Linda Darling-Hammond,
Charles E. Ducommun Professor international bestseller, Sahlberg traces the evolution of Finnish
of Education at Stanford University education policies and highlights how they differ from the United
States and much of the rest of the world. Featuring substantial
“The second edition of Finnish Lessons additions throughout the text, Finnish Lessons 2.0 demonstrates
updates how collaboration, talent, equity, how systematically focusing on teacher and leader professionalism,
and commonsense combine to create an
building trust between the society and its schools, and investing
educational paragon.”
in educational equity rather than competition, choice, and other
—Henry M. Levin, William Heard
Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and market-based reforms make Finnish schools an international model
Education, Teachers College, Columbia of success. This second edition details the complexity of meaningful
University change by examining Finland’s educational performance in light
of the most recent international assessment data and domestic
“In the revised edition of his award-
changes.
winning book, Pasi Sahlberg builds on
his vast knowledge of education around
the globe. Whether or not you have read To order outside the U.S.A.
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—Howard Gardner, author of
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