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We're back! And we're headed into the classroom. Kids across Europe have very different experiences of school depending on where they live and how rich their parents are. One country that's been praised for getting public education right is Finland. This week we speak to education professor Pasi Sahlberg about what the world can learn from the Finnish way.

We're also talking about Orbán's victory, bridging Europe's North-South divide, and a particularly special edition of El Clásico.

Pasi is Professor of Education at Southern Cross University. You can read more about his work here and follow him on Twitter here.

You can read the joint Spain-Netherlands paper here and find Politico's reporting on it here.

This week's Isolation Inspiration: Flee, Talking France, and Paroles de France(s).


02:50 Bad Week: Hungary's opposition

11:48 Good Week: Bridging the North-South divide

20:46 Interview with Pasi Sahlberg

34:56 Isolation Inspiration: Flee and French election podcasts

38:39 Happy Ending: A very special Clásico

Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few euros / dollars / pounds a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast. You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. Find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family.

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