Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marco Clark - Re-Writing the Future, One Student at a Time
Dr. Marco Clark, well respected author, public speaker, and veteran in the world of urban education is Founder and CEO of the Richard Wright Public Charter School in Washington, DC. He is a partner with Broken Promise Schools, an...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Young - Global Education for All
After joining VIF in 1990, David helped lead the organization from family project to small business to being the largest U.S. Department of State-approved exchange teacher program, sponsoring thousands of international teachers in more...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Homa Sabet Tavangar - Growing Up Global
Homa Sabet Tavangar is the author of Growing Up Global, Raising Children to be at Home in the World and The Global Education ToolKit for Elementary Learners.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
RuNett Nia Ebo "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?"
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kristin Henning - Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, where she and her law students represent youth accused of delinquency in Washington, DC. Kris was previously the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ian Manuel - Poetry Behind Bars
When Ian Manuel was 13 years old, he was directed by some older juvenile boys to participate in an armed robbery. During the botched robbery attempt, a Tampa, FL woman (Debbie Baigrie) suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound. When Ian later...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Donna Marie Merritt "JD"
Donna Marie Merritt is the author of seven books of poetry . . . Bible Poems for Reflection and Response (2020), No Winter Maintenance: Pass at Your Own Risk (2017), We Walk Together (2015), Her House and Other Poems, (2013), What’s...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Barry Lane - If I Never Had a Teacher
Her name was Carolyn Foley and she taught 4th grade. I was her favorite student I thought for 3 decades. She read my stories to the room. I sat beside her desk. I love the way she sang to us. I even loved her tests. But teachers they’re...
Curated Video
Is America Doing Enough To Go Green?
With global greenhouse gas emissions at record levels, and the future of Earth at stake, what are Americans doing to safeguard the planet for future generations? And what more can be done?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan Supovitz -The Challenge of Education Reform
Dr. Supovitz conducts research on how education organizations use different forms of evidence to inquire about the quality and effect of their systems to support the improvement of teaching and learning in schools. Dr. Supovitz also...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - The Essential Conversation Parent - Teacher Conferences
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is an author, educator, researcher, and public intellectual. She has pioneered an innovative social science method called "portraiture," written eleven books, serves on numerous professional and scholarly boards...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Shane Strange "Uses of Poetry 8"
Shane Strange’s writing has appeared in various print and online journals in Australia and internationally. He is the author of two chapbooks Notes to the Reader and Dark Corner. His first collection of poetry All Suspicions Have Been...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marina Kharitonashvili - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Tbilisi, Georgia
Marina Kharitonashvili is a Geography Teacher at Aia-Gess Middle School in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is very involved in Global Projects with her students. She earned a PhD degree at Georgian Technical University and a Master's Degree in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jessica Lander - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Lowell, MA USA
Jessica Lander is a teacher, author, and advocate. In 2021, Jessica was a Top 50 Finalist, Global Teacher Prize, Varkey Foundation. The finalists were chosen from more than 8000 nominations from 121 countries around the world. She...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Keishia Thorpe - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - USA
Keishia Thorpe is the 2021 Global Teacher Prize winner. Keishia teaches English to 12th-grade students who are English language learners at the International High School Langley Park, Bladensburg, Maryland, United States, a school where...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Preston E. Green - Charter Schools
Preston Green is a professor of educational leadership and law at the University of Connecticut. At the University of Connecticut, Dr. Green helped develop the UCAPP Law Program, which enables participants to obtain a law degree and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lucien Vattel - Learning Through the Heart
Lucien Vattel is a leader and visionary in educational game development, research, and curriculum, and a designer and producer of over a dozen distributed educational games with over 14 years of experience on a wide variety of projects...
Tarver Academy
Factors to Consider in Choosing Your Kid's School
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Factors to Consider in Choosing Your Kid's School
NPR
California Will Require Student Vaccinations
California has become the first state in the nation to require COVID-19 vaccines for all public and private school students. The mandate will go into effect as soon as the FDA fully approves the shot for 12-16-year-olds, which is...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Gillborn - Teachers Make a Difference
David is Professor of Critical Race Studies, editor-in-chief of the journal Race Ethnicity and Education and Director of Research in the School of EducationDavid’s research focuses on race inequalities in education, especially the role...
Tarver Academy
How to Search the Google Education Directory
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About How to Search the Google Education Directory
The Economist
Covid-19: the right way to leave lockdown
Governments are starting to ease restrictions designed to curb covid-19. But with most of the world still vulnerable to the virus, what's the right way to leave lockdown?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Scott Hebert - Gamification
Scott Hebert is a teacher in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. He is a Top Fifty Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize.Scott began his career immediately out of university as an elementary Physical Education specialist for a school in...
The Wall Street Journal
Actor Jamie Hector on Democratizing The Arts
Jamie Hector is the founder of Moving Mountains, a nonprofit that offers free dance, music and drama classes to children. He discusses his role in HBO's We Own This City, well as the importance of broadening access to the arts.