How would you measure a personality? What, exactly, is the self? Well, as you've come to expect, it's not that easy to nail down an answer for those questions. Whether you're into blood, bile, earth, wind, fire, or those Buzzfeed...

Groups of animals have some really interesting names! Learn about them with Jessi and Squeaks!

In the second half of our education unit, we’re using conflict theory to explore a few social inequalities in the US education system. We’ll look at variation in school funding and quality, the role of cultural capital, and some of the...

Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo a traditional Maasai rite of passage, female circumcision, if he would let her go to high school. Ntaiya tells the fearless story of continuing on to college, and of working...

In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association...

Black history taught in US schools is often watered-down, riddled with inaccuracies and stripped of its context and rich, full-bodied historical figures. Equipped with the real story of Rosa Parks, professor David Ikard highlights how...

Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now -- and it’s because we’re clinging to a business model that clearly doesn’t work. Education...

It's our final episode of Soft Skills where Evelyn talks about how to take care of yourself. If you don't take care of yourself, no one else will. So take all of these soft skills we've talked about and add this last little bit to make...

Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, West Virginia -- and a shocking image of the sugar we eat -- TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.

Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, "renegade lunch lady" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food.

I am not proud to say but I got in trouble multple times during my teaching career. Don't worry nothing serious but all true stories.

Kids at school called me thick but I had dyslexia, says Victoria BeckhamCredit: Call Her Daddy Podcast

This is a story of ambition, about beating the odds, and about the massive changes that are convulsing Indian society. We watch as poor, but brilliant Indian teenagers are helped to become multi-millionaires and power brokers -...

Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at AEI, reflects on the teachers who shaped his life despite his struggles in school. He credits several mentors from college and graduate school, but the most influential was his...

Stuart Muszynski credits his eighth-grade teacher, Mr. Hawthorne, with transforming his life. Until that year, he believed he was “stupid” because his divergent thinking style didn’t fit traditional classroom expectations, leading him to...

Stuart Muszynski, co-founder and CEO of the Values in Action Foundation and creator of Kindland, shared the deeply personal story behind his lifelong mission to promote kindness. Inspired by his grandmother, a Jewish dentist in Poland...

School districts across the country are thinking about reopening. What is that going to look like? Can school reopenings be handled safely?

Health issues can negatively affect people's lives in an astoundingly wide array of ways. Recent studies indicate that students who suffer from allergies may perform worse on tests when testing occurs on high pollen count days. So how...

Teenagers might get up to risky behavior. But if you keep them busy, they're less likely to get in trouble. Challenging academic standards can help reduce risky business.

Aside from whatever a visit to the doctor costs you in money, it also costs you in time. A lot of it. Can we make that better? That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.

The Austrian School of Economics, led by Karl Menger and Friedrich von Wieser, introduced groundbreaking concepts such as marginal utility and the subjective theory of value. This school of thought emphasizes individual...

In discussions and debates, many of us get too focused on our own opinion or on "winning" the argument and don't spend enough time really listening to what other people are saying. In this video, we demonstrate how to listen actively and...

After nearly disappearing from much of the world, the measles virus is on the rise. This program journeys to Tajikistan, where the collapse of the health care system established under Soviet rule led to a hiatus in disease vaccination....

Children’s activities tend to keep German parents busy. Unlike schools in many other Western countries, most schools in Germany don’t offer extracurricular or intramural sports or other activities. Anyone wishing to take up a musical...