Brainwaves Video Anthology
Christopher Emdin - For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood ... and the Rest of Y'all Too
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
Glenna Gustafson - Teachers Make a Difference
Dr. Gustafson is currently an associate professor in the Elementary Education Department within the School of Teacher Education and Leadership. In addition to teaching a variety of methods courses, she also serves as the cohort leader...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nikhil Goyal - Democratic Education
Nikhil Goyal is the author of the new book Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Random House).
Science360
Fluorescent Foliage - Science Nation
The vascular system of a leaf provides its structure and delivers its nutrients. When you light up that vascular structure with some fluorescent dye and view it using time lapse photography, details begin to emerge that reveal nature's...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yohuru Williams - Preserving Public Education
Described in Diverse Issues in Higher Education as “one of the most exciting scholars of his generation,” Dr. Yohuru Williams is the History Department Chair and the Director of Black Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT. He...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ozier Muhammad - 'The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock, Fall 1957' by Gwendolyn Brooks
Ozier Muhammad graduated with a B.A., in photography from Columbia College in Chicago. He has been a photojournalist for more than 3 decades. His first job was as a staff photographer at Ebony Magazine. Ozier joined The Charlotte...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Valeri Lantz-Gefroh - Teachers Make a Difference - Diane Jones
Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, MFA, is an Associate professor in the School of Journalism where she serves as the Improvisation Program Director in the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. She teaches workshops and graduate courses at Stony...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lori Bindig - Teachers Make a Difference - Jack Banks
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...
The Art Assignment
Art Made in Adversity
Artist and educator Allison Smith shares her thoughts and library of books about art made in adverse circumstances. Featured are Vladimir Arkhipov's project Home-Made, archiving Russian artifacts made during Perestroika, and Trench Art,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard H. Pildes - The Law of Democracy
Richard Pildes is one of the nation’s leading scholars of constitutional law and a specialist in legal issues affecting democracy. A former law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, he has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Naison - CRT Hysteria
Dr. Mark Naison, Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University, is the author of seven books and over 300 articles on African American politics, labor history, popular culture and education policy. His first...
The Art Assignment
Art + Life Rules from a Nun
Sister Corita Kent was a master printmaker and teacher, and her rules for artists and teachers are legendary - let’s break them down.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David E. Kirkland - 'Harlem' by Langston Hughes
David E. Kirkland is a transdisciplinary scholar of English and urban education, who explores the intersections among urban youth culture, language and literacy, urban teacher preparation, and digital media. He analyzes culture,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dan White - Filament Games
Dan White is founding partner and executive producer at Filament Games, an educational game design and development studio in Madison, WI. Founded in 2005, Filament's 20 title portfolio includes a diversity of STEM, literacy, and civics...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Clare Taylor - Service Learning
Clare Taylor is an award winning fifth grade teacher in West Hartford, CT. Here she discusses Service Learning.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Diane Ravitch - Reign of Error
Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. Diane Ravitch’s Blog is dianeravitch.net and has received more that 17 million hits in 30 months. From 1991 to 1993, she was Assistant...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Joseph S. Renzulli - Enjoyment, Engagement and Enthusiasm
Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli is a leader and pioneer in gifted education and applying the pedagogy of gifted education teaching strategies to all students. The American Psychological Association named him among the 25 most influential...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Don Ambrose - Teachers Make a Difference
Don Ambrose is a Professor of Graduate Education at Rider University in NJ, editor of the refereed journal "Roeper Review", past chair of the Conceptual Foundations Division of the National Association for Gifted Children. Initiates and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Vikas Pota - Changing Lives Through Education
Vikas Pota became the Varkey Foundation’s first CEO in September 2010 and currently serves on a number of global education panels. These include the Girls & Female education panel; the Teachers Task Force; and the Global Alliance of...
Hip Hughes History
Why I Oppose EdReform
Common Core, rigor, accountability, testing, data driven instruction.... stop me if you are feeling queasy. As an experienced educator of 15 years I have seen my profession become something that I barely recognize and it makes me sad....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dennis Shirley - The Global Fourth WayThe Quest for Educational Excellence
Dr. Dennis Shirley is Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Educational Change, and Chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Educational Change of the American...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Peter Gray - Freedom to Learn
Peter Gray, Ph.D., research professor at Boston College, is author of Free to Learn (Basic Books, 2013) and Psychology (Worth Publishers, a college textbook now in its 7th edition). He has conducted and published research in comparative,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Aaron Sams - Flipped Classroom The Next Step
Aaron Sams has been an educator since 2000 and is currently the Managing Director of FlippedClass.com, co-founder of The Flipped Learning Network, and is an Adjunct Professor at Saint Vincent College. He was awarded the 2009 Presidential...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jonathan Zimmerman - Too Hot to Handle A Global History of Sex Education
Jonathan Zimmerman is Professor of Education and History and Director of the History of Education Program, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He also holds an appointment in the Department of History of NYU's...