TED Talks
TED: How business can drive solutions to social problems | Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor
Driven by the belief that businesses can — and should — invest in the communities around them, Intercorp founder and philanthropist Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor has built schools, pharmacies and a literal bridge to better serve Peru's growing...
TED Talks
TED: How to solve the education crisis for boys and men | Richard Reeves
While studying inequality and social mobility, Richard Reeves made a surprising discovery: in some countries, like the US and UK, boys are drastically lagging behind girls across many academic measures. He explains why these struggles in...
PBS
How Minnesota's Lack Of Teachers Of Color Hurts Students, And What Reform Could Look Like
Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the
achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special
correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota,
which has some of...
Crash Course
Economics of Education: Crash Course Economics
How does education work? Where does the money come from? Who pays for it? Is going to college a good investment? Adriene and Jacob are talking today about the economics of education. Most countries require that their citizens get some...
TED Talks
Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums
Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. And this informal, disruptive new...
TED Talks
TED: The global learning crisis -- and what to do about it | Amel Karboul
The most important infrastructure we have is educated minds, says former Tunisian government minister Amel Karboul. Yet too often large investments go to more visible initiatives such as bridges and roads, when it's the minds of our...
TED Talks
Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Crash Course
Schools & Social Inequality: Crash Course Sociology
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...
Wonderscape
Addressing Education Disparities and the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Black Men
Learn about the educational challenges faced by Black men, including lower graduation rates and the impact of the school-to-prison pipeline. Discover how reforms, such as diversifying curricula, hiring more Black teachers, and creating...
Curated Video
Why One Historic Indian Boarding School is Now...Good?
Join Tai Leclaire and experts as they explore the dark legacy of Indian boardings, the failures of modern education, and the trauma, misconceptions, and racism endured by Native Americans as a result. A People's History of Native America...
Wonderscape
Understanding Systemic Racism: Its Roots and Impact
This video delves into the concept of systemic racism, exploring its historical foundations and present-day implications in the United States. It explains the distinction between individual and institutional racism, highlighting how...
The Guardian
Should we abolish private schools?
A disproportionate number of people who occupy the top jobs across the UK – from the prime minister and leading politicians to judges and entertainers – were privately educated. Campaigners who think this situation has gone on too long...
Curated Video
Understanding Productivity and Its Importance for Economic Growth
The video discusses the concept of productivity and the factors that determine productivity. The video also explores various policies that can be implemented to improve productivity, such as investing in education and infrastructure,...
All Ears English
All Ears English Podcast 1485: How to Be a Well-rounded English Learner
All Ears English Podcast 1485: How to Be a Well-rounded English Learner
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pak Tee Ng - Singapore Teach Less, Learn More
Dr. Pak Tee Ng is Associate Dean, Leadership Learning and the Head of Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He teaches in programs for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yaacov Hecht - Democratic Education
Yaacov Hecht is an internationally distinguished leader and visionary in democratic education, learning theory, and societal change. In 1987, Hecht founded the Democratic School in Hadera, Israel, the first school in the world to call...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nikhil Goyal - Schools on Trial
Nikhil Goyal is the author of the new book Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Random House).
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jaekyung Lee - Can America Fix Its Education System? (broken and unequal)
Jaekyung Lee, PhD, is a professor and former dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo. A fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Lee is an internationally recognized leader in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Shani Robinson - Teacher On Trial
SHANI ROBINSON was born and raised in Atlanta and always knew that education would play a large part of her life. With all of the influential women in her life educators, including her mother who served as an educator for 35 years, Shani...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jason Stanley - Education vs Indoctrination
Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Before coming to Yale in 2013, he was Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has also been a Professor at the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Adam F.C. Fletcher - Meaningful Student Involvement
Adam F.C. Fletcher is a writer, speaker and focused on human engagement, education transformation, and social change. Exciting, educating, and empowering are some of the words people have used to describe Adam F.C. Fletcher. A specialist...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Alexander Field: Mixed Lessons From the Great Depression (4/4)
In part 4 of this INET interview, Alexander Field discusses lessons we can learn today from the experiences of the Depression. He suggests there are positives for advocates of both private industry and the public sector, since both...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 24
AI learns to brew beer, robots run an indoor farm and technology starves cancer cells into submission. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a LinkedIn co-founder about platforms transforming everyday tasks. Hosted by venture capitalist...