TED Talks Education
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TED Talks Education
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138 þættirHow to design a school for the future | Punya Mishra
In all the conversations about improving education for children, the voices of students, teachers and community members are often left out. Educationa...
The rise of the "trauma essay" in college applications | Tina Yong
As if college applications aren't stressful enough, disadvantaged youth are often encouraged to write about their darkest traumas in their admissions...
How video games can level up the way you learn | Kris Alexander
Video games naturally tap into the way we learn: they focus our attention and track our progress as we head toward a clear goal. Kris Alexander, a pro...
Reviving the legacy of the Black teaching tradition | Sharif El-Mekki
Educator Sharif El-Mekki advocates for the revival of the Black teaching tradition — a set of educational practices grounded in philosophies, values a...
How Black queer culture shaped history | Channing Gerard Joseph
Names like Bayard Rustin, Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann have been largely erased from US history, but they and other Black queer leaders p...
The board game getting kids excited about school | Joel Baraka
Going to school in a refugee camp can be complicated: students encounter crowded classrooms, rigid curricula and limited access to teachers. Joel Bara...
How play helps a kid's brain grow | Jesse Ilhardt
A little bit of playtime can have big benefits for a child's developing brain, like a superfood -- but adult participation is a crucial ingredient for...
The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools | Heejae Lim
"When teachers and families work together, everyone wins," says education technology entrepreneur and TED Fellow Heejae Lim. She shines a light on an...
How schools can nurture every student's genius | Trish Millines Dziko
Forget home economics and standardized tests, education visionary Trish Millines Dziko has a much more engaging and fulfilling way for students to dev...
The mission to safeguard Black history in the US | Julieanna L. Richardson
Black history in the US is rich, profound -- and at risk of being lost forever, if not for the monumental efforts of Julieanna L. Richardson. As the f...
What Wikipedia teaches us about balancing truth and beliefs | Katherine Maher
Even with public trust at an all-time low, Wikipedia continues to maintain people's confidence. How do they do it? Former CEO of Wikimedia Foundation...
My long walk across India for women's freedom | Srishti Bakshi
There are 600 million women in India -- yet they are rarely seen outdoors after sunset because of safety concerns like harassment and catcalls. On a m...
Ukraine's fight to keep educating its children | Zoya Lytvyn
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has destroyed so much -- including hundreds of schools, where the country's children were forging their futures -- but...
The creativity and community behind fanfiction | Cecilia Aragon
The wildly diverse, thoughtful and hilarious world of fanfiction -- where writers reimagine favorite stories like "Harry Potter," "Pokémon," "My Littl...
Education is a fundamental right for every child | Makhtoum Abdalla
For children growing up in refugee camps, education is a powerful tool of liberation. In this inspiring talk, Makhtoum Abdalla, displaced as a child i...
3 ways to lower the barriers to higher education | Adrian K. Haugabrook
Less than seven percent of people worldwide have a bachelor's degree -- and for many, this is simply because the cost of university is too high, says...
The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on | Shabana Basij-Rasikh
In this deeply moving talk, educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh shares the harrowing story of evacuating more than 250 students, staff and family members fr...
A program to empower Black teachers in the US | Larry Irvin
TED Fellow and education innovator Larry Irvin envisions a world where every child can see themselves reflected in their teachers. With his team at Br...
A close-to-home solution for accessible childcare | Chris Bennett
Childcare needs a transformation -- but rather than investing billions in new buildings and schools, what if we could unlock the potential of people a...
The small business hustle | The Hartford
Karim Abouelnaga is a TED Fellow and founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, a summer school opportunity that helps narrow the education gap for lo...
3 myths about racism that keep the US from progress | Candis Watts Smith
Racism morphs, spreading and hiding behind numerous half-truths and full-blown falsities about where it lives and who embodies it. In this actionable...
How dirt bikes and STEM ignite ingenuity in Baltimore | Brittany Young
Dirt biking is more than just a pastime -- it's an opportunity to disrupt the cycle of poverty and provide enriching STEM education, says TED Fellow B...
Women and girls, you are part of the climate solution | Rumaitha Al Busaidi
What does gender equality have to do with climate change? A lot more than you might think. Empowering women and girls around the world is one of the m...
The exploitation of US college athletes | Tim Nevius
Colleges and universities in the US make billions of dollars each year from sports, compromising the health and education of athletes -- who are dispr...
Online learning could change academia -- for good | Tyler Dewitt
Higher education remains rooted in rigid, traditional structures and tracks -- and it's at risk of getting left behind in favor of expanded access, gr...
Technology can't fix inequality -- but training and opportunities could | 'Gbenga Sesan
Centuries of inequality can't be solved with access to technology alone -- we need to connect people with training and support too, says tech inclusio...
What COVID-19 revealed about US schools -- and 4 ways to rethink education | Nora Flanagan
The abrupt shift to online learning due to COVID-19 rocked the US education system, unearthing many of the inequities at its foundation. Educator Nora...
Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"? | Yen Pham
Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A mirror that shatters without warning. A trail of cracker crumbs strewn along the floor. Everyone at 124 Blu...
Lessons on leaving the world better than you found it | Sophie Howe
Sophie Howe is the world's only future generations commissioner, a new kind of government official tasked with advocating for the interests of generat...
Why we must confront the painful parts of US history | Hasan Kwame Jeffries
To move forward in the United States, we must look back and confront the difficult history that has shaped widespread injustice. Revisiting a signific...
Activism, changemakers and hope for the future | Malala Yousafzai
Education activist (and recent Oxford graduate) Malala Yousafzai reflects on the defining moments of her life, how she balances passion with personhoo...
A path to higher education and employment for refugees | Chrystina Russell
Out of the more than 70 million displaced people worldwide, only three percent have access to higher education. The Global Education Movement (GEM) is...
Why students should have mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle
School can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout -- but there's often no formal policy for students who need to prioritize thei...
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 Godwin. In this moving talk, she...
How virtual reality turns students into scientists | Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
Using low-cost virtual reality, education activist Jessica Ochoa Hendrix helps bring science to life in schools across the US. In this quick talk, she...
The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it | Anindya Kundu
How can we tap into the potential of all students, especially those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds? Sociologist Anindya Kundu invites us to t...
How motivation can fix public systems | Abhishek Gopalka
How do you fix broken public systems? You spark people's competitive spirit. In a talk about getting people motivated to make change, public sector st...
A bold plan to empower 1.6 million out-of-school girls in India | Safeena Husain
"Girls' education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet to help solve some of the world's most difficult problems," says social entrepreneur...
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 Woodson to a life of writing books...
A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten | Claudia Miner
Early education is critical to children's success -- but millions of kids in the United States still don't have access to programs that prepare them t...