The epidemic is bad education.
An inspiring new talk from Sir Ken Robinson
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This week on TED.com
May 11, 2013
Talk of the week
Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley
19:11 minutes · Filmed Apr 2013 · Posted May 2013 · TED Talks Education
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.
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Playlist of the week
Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success
Pearl Arredondo worked her way up from humble East L.A. beginnings, and as a high school teacher she now inspires other kids to do the same. Here are 8 talks that capture that same spirit of drive and determination. Watch »
Total run time 57:54THIS WEEK'S TALKS ON TED.com
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success. Watch »
In a heart-melting moment, TED Talks Education host John Legend sits at the piano to sing "True Colors," giving the lyrics a special meaning for kids and teachers. "So don't be afraid / to let them show / your true colors / are beautiful, like a rainbow." Watch »
Why, why, why does the US education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now -- because we’re clinging to a business model that doesn’t work. Geoffrey Canada dares the system to look at the data, think about the "customers" and make systematic shifts to help kids excel. Watch »
Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the “oceans of adolescence” who come to school “but never learn to swim,” of “masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers.” Beautiful, lyrical, chilling. Watch »
TEDGlobal 2013, happening June 10-14 in Scotland
Meet three new speakers added to the program -- and read the full lineup for next month's exciting conference in Edinburgh, June 10-14.