Brainwaves Video Anthology
Steve Dembo - Telling Your Story
A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery Education’s Online Community Manager, Steve Dembo, is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking, winning recognition from the Online Education...
Science360
The Struggle to 'Fix' Math Education in the US
Whats behind the U.S.s struggle with fixing mathematics education? William Schmidt of Michigan State University, Deborah Loewenberg Ball of the University of Michigan, and Joan Ferrini-Mundy of the National Science Foundation discuss...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
LaShawn D. Harris - Sex Workers, Psychics and Numbers Runners
LaShawn Harris is an associate professor of History at Michigan State University and assistant editor for the Journal of African American History (JAAH). Her area of expertise includes twentieth century African American and Black Women’s...
Curated Video
The Reggio Emelia Approach: A Child-Centered Model of Education
This video describes the Reggio Amelia approach to education, which was developed in response to the tragedy of World War Two. The approach emphasizes the development of creativity and social skills, with teachers stepping aside to let...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rebecca West - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Australia
Rebecca West was a top ten finalist for the 2021 Global Teacher Prize. Rebecca is also deputy principal at Bonnyrigg Public School, New South Wales, Australia, knew as soon as she entered a classroom as a student-teacher 22 years ago...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Noliwe Rooks - Cutting School Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Noliwe Rooks is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores how race and gender both impact and are impacted by civic culture, social history and political life in the United States. She is the author of four books, the most recent...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marc Brackett - The Emotion Revolution
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. His grant-funded research focuses on the role of emotional intelligence in learning, decision...
Curated Video
How I transformed 600k people
You hear my story about pitching on stage at a world-class startup accelerator and not feeling seen or received - as well as a twist in the tale.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rurik Nackerud - Gaymes in Education
Rurik Nackerud, has been named an Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa International. He is among the 25 recipients that PDK has identified across the US under the age of 40 that demonstrate innovative practices in education. The 2013...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lee Wilson - Games and Learning
Lee Wilson is a management consultant for companies that serve K12 education. Formerly he was the CEO of PCI Education in San Antonio. He has spent two decades in the education business at Apple, Chancery, Pearson, Harcourt, and Headway...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James C. Kaufman - College Admissions and Creativity
James C. Kaufman, PhD, is a professor of educational psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. An internationally recognized leader in the field of creativity, he is the author/editor of more than 35...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Khalil Gibran Muhammad - Race Ed
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. He is the former Director of the Schomburg Center...
Easy Languages
English Slang You Should Know | Easy English 48
English Slang You Should Know | Easy English 48 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lori Bindig - Media Literacy and Body Image
Lori Bindig is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies and Director of the M.A. in Communication at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She earned her doctorate in Communication at the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Emily Bailin Wells - Critical Media Literacy
Emily is a doctoral student in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technology Design (CMLTD) program with a focus on Communication & Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds a masters degree in Education, Culture...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Michael Graffin - The Global Classroom Project
In 2015, Michael received international recognition for his work at Iona PS, and with The Global Classroom Project. He won an Emerging Leader Award from the International Society for Technology Education, and our project came Runner Up...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James C. Kaufman - Creativity and Mental Illness
James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Cognitive Psychology in 2001. Kaufman is an international leader in the field of creativity, known for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan Jansen - Lessons from South Africa
Jonathan Jansen is Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State and President of the South African Institute of Race Relations. He holds a PhD from Stanford University, the MS degree from Cornell University, and...
PBS
Why Do We Get Grades in School?
Will you get a B+, C, an A-, a D+ or the dreaded F? We've all had that moment of sheer panic while waiting for your report card. But when you step back, it's worth asking why do we get letter grades at all? And whatever happened to E?...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Christopher Emdin - Hip-Hop Education
Dr. Christopher Emdin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University; where he also serves as Director of Science Education at the Center for Health Equity and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John Merrow - Addicted to Reform
John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974 and recently stepped down as President of Learning Matters, a non-profit production company in New York City. In 2012 he became the first journalist...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bob Roth - Quiet Time Changes Lives
Bob Roth is one of the most experienced and sought-after meditation teachers in the world. Over the past forty-five years, Bob has taught Transcendental Meditation to many thousands of people, including billionaire CEOs, Hollywood...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ramsey Musallam - Student Engagement Sparking Student Curiosity
Ramsey Musallam is a secondary science instructor at Sacred Heart Cathedral in downtown San Francisco and also has served as an adjunct professor of education at the University of San Francisco and Touro University. In addition to his...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lewis R. Gordon - Respecting the Humanity of Students
Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician (drums, other percussive instruments, and piano), who was born on the island of Jamaica and grew up in the Bronx, New York, where he attended...