New TED Book: Tell Them I Built This
In 2009, author Emily Pilloton moved to Bertie County, North Carolina — the poorest county in the state with a population of just 20,000. There she and her partner Matthew Miller launched Studio H, a...
View ArticleTED Weekends explores creative intelligence
It was one of the original six talks posted on TED.com and it has, over the years, become our most-watched video with 13.5 million views. Sir Ken Robinson’s talk from TED2006, “Ken Robinson says...
View ArticleThe power of design-based education: A Q&A with TED ebook author Emily Pilloton
Designer Emily Pilloton believes that education not only enriches the mind but the heart as well. And, in the best cases, it can also enhance a community. With that goal in mind, Pilloton and her...
View ArticleThe evocative world of the six-word memoir: A Q&A with new TED ebook author...
Pause for a moment and imagine the grand, confusing and ultimately exhilarating drama that is the sweep of your life. Think you can summarize it into a half-dozen carefully crafted words? Larry Smith...
View ArticleThe best of TED-Ed: How to rethink thinking
The adage goes: You learn something new every day. This is especially true if you watch TED-Ed lessons, which bring to life educational topics as varied as “insults by Shakespeare” and “pizza physics”...
View ArticleThe best of TED-Ed: The art of the metaphor
The adage goes: You learn something new every day. This is especially true if you watch TED-Ed lessons, which bring to life educational topics as varied as “insults by Shakespeare” and “pizza physics”...
View ArticleThe best of TED-Ed: How math guides ships at sea
You learn something new every day. This is especially true if you watch TED-Ed lessons, which use animation to bring to life topics as varied as “Insults by Shakespeare” and “Pizza Physics.” As a...
View Article10 great children’s books destined to become classics
Jarrett J. Krosoczka — the man behind the Lunch Lady crime-fighting graphic novel series — credits his imagination with saving his life. In today’s talk, given at TEDxHampshireCollege, Krosoczka shares...
View ArticleMeet the fathers and daughters who danced the night away in a prison
For a teenage girl, few things are more awkward than developing a good relationship with her father. This is something that Angela Patton knows well after years of listening to the girls at Camp Diva,...
View ArticleTED teams up with PBS to talk about the high school dropout crisis
With fresh thinking and bold ideas, TED and PBS are hosting a one-hour talk on the US high school dropout crisis. On April 16, PBS will air the very first televised TED event, TED Talks Education. The...
View Article6 highly unusual schools
At TEDGlobal, educator Eddie Obeng highlighted a disconcerting thought — that the answers we learned in school aren’t necessarily true anymore. “This is what happened to us in the 21st century —...
View ArticleThe next evolution of schools: Highlights from our chat with Will Richardson
What will schools look like in 25 years? Educator and parent Will Richardson sees profound changes beginning to bubble up in classrooms around the world. In the past, knowledge was bounded — both in...
View ArticleLet’s fix science education: A Q&A with “Save Our Science” author Ainissa...
How is it that science classes have become about memorization and filling in the right circle on a Scantron sheet, rather than about doing hands-on experiments and activities that reveal the wonder of...
View ArticleMath class without hand calculation? Estonia is moving toward it
Math class should be fascinating, right? At TED2010, Conrad Wolfram suggests that one reason it often isn’t is hand calculation. Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computersMost students...
View Article4 surprising lessons about education learned from data collected around the...
Education is generally thought of as a domestic policy issue. But what can we learn by looking at education on the global scale? Andreas Schleicher: Use data to build better schools In today’s talk,...
View ArticleTED Weekends reimagines education
At TED2013, Sugata Mitra accepted the TED Prize for 2013 with a striking talk. Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the CloudHis wish: for children to learn about any variety of subjects through...
View Article4 inspiring kids imagine the future of learning
After more than 13 years of research convinced him that children have the ability to learn almost anything on their own, 2013 TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra aspires to shape the future of learning by...
View ArticleMeet Kakenya Ntaiya, who worked with her elders to found a school for girls...
Kakenya Ntaiya was engaged at 5-years-old, her family members regularly whispering in her ear, “Your husband just passed by.” This was the traditional path that unfolded before girls in the Maasai...
View ArticleFrom the Hole in the Wall to Yale: A Q&A with Arun Chavan
Sugata Mitra carved a hole in a wall in a New Delhi slum—about 3 feet high—and placed a computer in it. When kids asked what it was, he said, “I don’t know,” and walked away. Photo: courtesy of Sugata...
View ArticleThe 10 most popular TED-Ed lessons so far
The TED-Ed team is excited to have just passed our one-year mark — we launched our YouTube Channel on March 12, 2012. And what a year it has been! In 365 days, we have published more than 100 TED-Ed...
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