Wonderscape
Community Helpers: Keeping Us Safe
This video introduces the roles of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in keeping the community safe. Learn how these workers solve crimes, fight fires, respond to emergencies, and provide medical care to those in need....
Kids Academy
Community Helpers for Kids | Jobs & Occupations for Toddlers, Preschool and Kindergarten
Community Helpers for Kids | Jobs & Occupations for Toddlers, Preschool and Kindergarten If you are focused on nurturing your kid’s habits and behavior from a young age, you should enroll them in community helpers for kids class. In...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jessica Estlow - The Mr. Rogers Community Project
Jessica Estlow is an award winning technology teacher in Brigantine, NJ. The Tech4Learning Innovative Educator (TIE) program recognize her work as an exceptional classroom teacher. She created the “Mister Rogers Community Project:...
Curated Video
Buildon: Bevann's Story Of Community Activism
16-year-old Bevann loves giving back. After joining buildOn, she's been involved in many service activities, including volunteering at her local food pantry in Bridgeport, CT. By giving to others, she has found a passion for making...
Curated Video
TDSB trustee says community needs subsidized child-care spaces
The provincial government says it’s reallocating funding to build child-care centres because school boards weren’t building fast enough. The Toronto District School Board, though, blamed the province for the delays, saying the ministry...
KERA
Martin Luther King Jr. Inspires Service
Since 1994, Americans have observed a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr on the third Monday in January. Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service. One group of volunteers in Dallas, Texas spent the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Michael Soskil - Global Service Learning
Michael is the head teacher of Wallenpaupack South Elementary School in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania and recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. Having looked at neuroscience research, he bases his...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julian Vasquez Heilig - Community Based Education Reform
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of...
Wonderscape
Addressing Homelessness: Federal and Community Efforts
This video explores how federal programs like the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grant and Section 8 vouchers aim to combat homelessness, alongside community-based solutions. Learn about the importance of providing housing, income...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Anthony Fauci, M.D. - A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Dr. Fauci's desire to pursue public service stems deeply from his childhood and the values instilled in him by his father. During the 1940s and 1950s, his father owned a neighborhood pharmacy in Brooklyn, where he served not just as a...
EarthEcho International
Service Learning in Action: Youth Conservation School Improves Chesapeake Bay Watershed
The video showcases young students from the Lancaster County Youth Conservation School who participated in a program to improve the health of a stream in Chesapeake Bay watershed. They share their experiences and the impact they had on...
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.
TED Talks
TED: Science in service to the public good | Siddhartha Roy
We give scientists and engineers great technical training, but we're not as good at teaching ethical decision-making or building character. Take, for example, the environmental crisis that recently unfolded in Flint, Michigan -- and the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Christopher Weiss - One to One Digital Learning Environment
Christopher Weiss has been the Principal of Riverside School in Greenwich CT since 2012. He was previously assistant principal of Wolfpit Elementary School in Norwalk, CT. Weiss also serves as a part-time education professor for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ray Sanchez - What Can We Learn from Mr. Rogers?
Dr. Raymond Sanchez is superintendent of The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. The school district serves approximately 2,800 students from the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York. Dr. Sanchez has been an integral member of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ray Sanchez - Building a Better Tomorrow
Dr. Raymond Sanchez is superintendent of The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. The school district serves approximately 2,800 students from the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York. Dr. Sanchez has been an integral member of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ray Sanchez - Teachers Make a Difference - Clemente Pestano and Dr. Robert Roelle
Dr. Raymond Sanchez is superintendent of The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. The school district serves approximately 2,800 students from the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York. Dr. Sanchez has been an integral member of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Matine Khalighi - Teachers Make a Difference - Amy Bainbridge
Matine Khalighi, a 19-year-old student from Colorado now studying at Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.Matine Khalighi’s interest in helping others began in middle school when he enrolled in a community service class to research a social...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ron Rice - Why Bookstores are Important
Ron Rice shares a heartfelt reflection on his 40-year journey in the publishing industry and the vital role independent bookstores play in fostering community and understanding. He recalls a poignant moment shortly after 9/11 in a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Matine Khalighi - Overcoming Student Homelessness
Matine Khalighi, a 19-year-old student from Colorado now studying at Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.Matine Khalighi’s interest in helping others began in middle school when he enrolled in a community service class to research a social...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Evans Odei - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Ghana
Mathematics teacher Evans Odei from Achimota Senior High, Greater Accra, Ghana, has been teaching for 20 years with the Ghana Education Service, falling in love with the profession while at teacher training college. After teaching at...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Evans Odei - Teachers Make a Difference - Madam Susana Danso
Mathematics teacher Evans Odei from Achimota Senior High, Greater Accra, Ghana, has been teaching for 20 years with the Ghana Education Service, falling in love with the profession while at teacher training college. After teaching at...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Weissbourd - Love Lessons
Richard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program. His work focuses on vulnerability and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap
Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar was born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in U.S. History with a minor in African studies from...