Educator & changemaker Melbournehttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mgez6gvh7k25Our latest article "Equity in Practice" examines how school leaders in Australia and Scotland understand and operationalise equity within the constraints and opportunities of their policy contexts. Open access: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632434.2026.2637970#abstract @ahargreaves.bsky.social @glennsavage.bsky.social06 Mar 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgez6gvh7k25https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mfxghwdzwc2lWe are thrilled to share our new research article "Equity in practice: school leaders’ perspectives in Scotland and South Australia” published in School Leadership & Management today. Read the article here (open access) and join the conversation. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632434.2026.263797028 Feb 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfxghwdzwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mfxgc3utq22eI'm honoured to be invited to speak at the annual APPA Parliamentary Friends of Primary Education networking evening at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on 3rd March. I will talk about why play matters in primary schools and how it directly benefits growing thriving Australian children.28 Feb 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfxgc3utq22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mfr25bq73s24I'm honoured to join a collective of 'Education Warriors' in the International Journal of Educational Development. My essay describes my journey from a small village school in Northern Finland to global metropoles and policy arenas. Read it (open Access) here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073805932600060X26 Feb 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr25bq73s24https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mflzdnerzc2zHere is my story (open access) about the making of an education warrior. It is probably not what you expect. I leave it to you to judge. Published today by Elsevier's International Journal of Educational Development. lnkd.in/gGBKuhkt24 Feb 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflzdnerzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mflgv3qhck2zHere is my story (open access) about the making of an education warrior. It is probably not what you expect. I leave it to you to judge. Published today by Elsevier's International Journal of Educational Development. lnkd.in/gGBKuhkt24 Feb 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflgv3qhck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3mamhhh5aus2vHow Putin's war is killing Santa's reindeer in Finland? Let's give peace a chance - in Europe and everywhere. Happy Holidays and New Year 2026 to all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfOvyZPej423 Dec 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mamhhh5aus2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m76z7svz3c22Those who are curious about why NAPLAN test is a wrong tool to measure quality of individual schools may find a short paper that I wrote some years ago with Rachel Wilson. Read it here: https://pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Putting-NAPLAN-to-the-test-2021.pdf04 Dec 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76z7svz3c22https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m76yo46k4k22Here is the Open Letter signed by education leaders from across Australia that the News Corp Australia rejected. Stop ranking Australian schools using NAPLAN scores because NAPLAN was not designed to measure the quality of schools.04 Dec 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76yo46k4k22https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m6na7ji2tc25For many years education debates in Australia have been around the need to properly fund all government schools to achieve long awaited better equity in education. Our recent article explores what fully funded public schools could do. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/9/what-fully-funded-public-schools-could-do27 Nov 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6na7ji2tc25https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m5bc4ibtzc24Australian Governments will increase funding to public schools so that they will be adequately resourced by 2034. Now, the next big question is: What that new money should do? Trevor Cobbold and I wrote this piece for the Medical Journal of Australia published today: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/9/what-fully-funded-public-schools-could-do10 Nov 2025 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bc4ibtzc24https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m5bbq52n3c22This is cool!10 Nov 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bbq52n3c22https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m5b3nea7yk24Calling all Australians: Check out the new Future Healthy Countdown 2030 website, with a dedicated page for the Learning and Employment Pathways Domain: https://futurehealthycountdown.org.au/learning-and-employment-pathways-2025/10 Nov 2025 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5b3nea7yk24https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m5aqc4d56k2aAustralian "Future Healthy Countdown 2030: learning and employment pathways for healthy children and young people" published today. Read all articles, including our first Progress Report and my piece with Trevor Cobbold (open access) here: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/9/supplement10 Nov 2025 03:59 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5aqc4d56k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3m2odmc4nbs2vHonoured to receive the 2025 Global Educator Award. https://education.unimelb.edu.au/news-and-events/news/2025/professor-pasi-sahlberg-honoured-with-2025-global-educator-award08 Oct 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2odmc4nbs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lrepoiaon22yThe 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award winner is announced! Congratulations Berrima Public School (NSW)! Thank you, everyone involved in this year's round! Details here: https://sydneyoperahouse.createsend1.com/t/r-e-thkluuyd-ndyditlsl-r/12 Jun 2025 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrepoiaon22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lrdpofh6qc2bCelebrating the International Day of Play. Let the children play - everyday. Remember, it's never too late to have a playful childhood! Calling for play in an increasingly digital world in our UNICEF piece with Pia Rebello Britto, Frank van Cappelle & William Doyle. https://www.unicef.org/digitaleducation/stories/calling-play-increasingly-digital-world11 Jun 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdpofh6qc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lqxzop6jsc22Thanks! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxzop6jsc22https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lqxzmnjmck22Wise words, Andy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxzmnjmck22https://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lpwahhxupk2qMy this week's op-ed in the Herald Sun: "Test scores out, creative designers in to engage children" https://pasisahlberg.com/test-scores-out-creative-designers-in-to-engage-children/24 May 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwahhxupk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lns63ycbek2aI had an opportunity - and honour - to sit down with amazing Josh Szeps to have a long conversation about reimagining schooling. We tackled several burning question. Find us here and support Josh's important mission on quality journalism and storytelling. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3nqhscMTvYwTDzZi5EBcue27 Apr 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lns63ycbek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lno4sslpqs2vA must-read! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lno4sslpqs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3lmbqaqvty22zLast call to submit your idea for the 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award. If you are educator in Australian primary school and proud of what your school has created for kids to play better, this is for you. Best idea takes $10k back to school. Details here: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/schools/play-award08 Apr 2025 05:23 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmbqaqvty22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3llxna376n22kOne of my speaking highlights in 2024 was the Dean's Lecture I gave at the University of Melbourne on September 11th. It was titled "Could Australia have better and fairer education system?" based on my time here. Recording is here for you if you missed it earlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFiL6opDzL004 Apr 2025 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxna376n22khttps://bsky.app/profile/pasisahlberg.bsky.social/post/3llxhc2ft6s2sI am delighted to be a keynote speaker at the Lead the Way Conference 2025 on 11–12 August at Rydges Hotel, Melbourne. Join me for this amazing event! Learn more and register here: https://www.mackillopinstitute.org.au/Lead-the-Way-Conference-2025/04 Apr 2025 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:3dqwrmiuoforzbjainhapm4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxhc2ft6s2s