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TED Talks Education

What should future schools look like? How do brains learn? Some of the world's greatest educators, researchers, and community leaders share their stories and visions onstage at the TED conference, TED... Read more

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Why is 'x' the unknown? | Terry Moore

Why is 'x' the unknown? | Terry Moore

Why is 'x' the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.

6 Jun 2012

3mins

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How education helped me rewrite my life | Ashweetha Shetty

How education helped me rewrite my life | Ashweetha Shetty

There's no greater freedom than finding your purpose, says education advocate Ashweetha Shetty. Born to a poor family in... Read more

21 Feb 2019

10mins

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Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York ... Read more

9 May 2013

6mins

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What reading slowly taught me about writing | Jacqueline Woodson

What reading slowly taught me about writing | Jacqueline Woodson

Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woods... Read more

12 Sep 2019

10mins

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Kids need structure | Colin Powell

Kids need structure | Colin Powell

How can you help kids get a good start? In this heartfelt and personal talk, Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of ... Read more

23 Jan 2013

17mins

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Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | Ethan Lindenberger

Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | Ethan Lindenberger

Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I... Read more

25 Jun 2019

7mins

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Teach teachers how to create magic | Christopher Emdin

Teach teachers how to create magic | Christopher Emdin

What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the se... Read more

8 Apr 2014

6mins

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Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan

Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan

Would you choose to build a house on top of an unfinished foundation? Of course not. Why, then, do we rush students thro... Read more

6 Sep 2016

10mins

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How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money | Seema Bansal

How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money | Seema Bansal

Seema Bansal forged a path to public education reform for 15,000 schools in Haryana, India, by setting an ambitious goal... Read more

22 Jun 2016

14mins

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To learn is to be free | Shameem Akhtar

To learn is to be free | Shameem Akhtar

Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls a... Read more

1 Mar 2018

12mins

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Your brain on video games | Daphne Bavelier

Your brain on video games | Daphne Bavelier

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surp... Read more

19 Nov 2012

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How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data ... Read more

11 Sep 2014

19mins

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Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson

Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "K... Read more

3 May 2013

7mins

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Want kids to learn well? Feed them well | Sam Kass

Want kids to learn well? Feed them well | Sam Kass

What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former Whit... Read more

5 Jan 2017

12mins

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How teachers can help students navigate trauma | Lisa Godwin

How teachers can help students navigate trauma | Lisa Godwin

"To make a difference in the life of a child ... I made the commitment to tell my personal story," says educator Lisa Go... Read more

11 Feb 2020

15mins

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The boost students need to overcome obstacles | Anindya Kundu

The boost students need to overcome obstacles | Anindya Kundu

How can disadvantaged students succeed in school? For sociologist Anindya Kundu, grit and stick-to-itiveness aren't enou... Read more

25 Sep 2017

7mins

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How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard | Linda Cliatt-Wayman

How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard | Linda Cliatt-Wayman

On Linda Cliatt-Wayman's first day as principal at a failing high school in North Philadelphia, she was determined to la... Read more

5 Jun 2015

17mins

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How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner

How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner

Why should a good education be exclusive to rich kids? Schools in low-income neighborhoods across the US, specifically i... Read more

1 Nov 2016

13mins

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The danger of silence | Clint Smith

The danger of silence | Clint Smith

"We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't,"... Read more

15 Aug 2014

4mins

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Teachers need real feedback | Bill Gates

Teachers need real feedback | Bill Gates

Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, t... Read more

8 May 2013

10mins

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