In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools

Timothy D. Walker · Pasi Sahlberg

May 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Daniel Thomas May

About this audiobook

Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world. In the spring of 2018, thousands of teachers across the United States-in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona-walked off their jobs while calling for higher wages and better working conditions. Ultimately, these American educators trumpeted a simple request: treat us like professionals. Teachers in many other countries feel the same way as their US counterparts. In Teachers We Trust presents a compelling vision, offering practical ideas for educators and school leaders wishing to develop teacher-powered education systems. It reveals why teachers in Finland hold high status, and shows what the country's trust-based school system looks like in action. Pasi Sahlberg and Timothy D. Walker suggest seven key principles for building a culture of trust in schools, from offering clinical training for future teachers to encouraging student agency to fostering a collaborative professionalism among educators. In Teachers We Trust is a must-listen for all teachers, administrators, and parents who entrust their children to American schools.

About the author

Timothy D. Walker is an American teacher and writer living in Espoo, Finland. He is the author of Teach Like Finland.

Pasi Sahlberg is a professor of education policy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His books include Finnish Lessons 3.0 (winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Education) and Hard Questions on Global Educational Change: Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education. Learn more at pasisahlberg.com.

Daniel Thomas May is an experienced actor and audiobook narrator. His "energetic," "confident," "deft," and "commanding" narration makes him particularly adept at portraying adventurers of all sorts, whether in fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, or nonfiction dramatizations.

Andy Hargreaves is Research Professor at Boston College and holds professorships at the University of Ottawa, Hong Kong University, Swansea University, and the University of Stavanger. He is also founder and president of the ARC Education Project.