Ranked #1
Why is 'x' the unknown? | Terry Moore
Why is 'x' the unknown? | Terry Moore
Why is 'x' the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.
6 Jun 2012
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3mins
Ranked #2
How education helped me rewrite my life | Ashweetha Shetty
How education helped me rewrite my life | Ashweetha Shetty
There's no greater freedom than finding your purpose, says education advocate Ashweetha Shetty. Born to a poor family in... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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10mins
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Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth
Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York ... Read more
9 May 2013
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6mins
Ranked #4
What reading slowly taught me about writing | Jacqueline Woodson
What reading slowly taught me about writing | Jacqueline Woodson
Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woods... Read more
12 Sep 2019
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10mins
Ranked #5
Kids need structure | Colin Powell
Kids need structure | Colin Powell
How can you help kids get a good start? In this heartfelt and personal talk, Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of ... Read more
23 Jan 2013
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17mins
Ranked #6
Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | Ethan Lindenberger
Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | Ethan Lindenberger
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I... Read more
25 Jun 2019
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7mins
Ranked #7
Teach teachers how to create magic | Christopher Emdin
Teach teachers how to create magic | Christopher Emdin
What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the se... Read more
8 Apr 2014
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6mins
Ranked #8
Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan
Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan
Would you choose to build a house on top of an unfinished foundation? Of course not. Why, then, do we rush students thro... Read more
6 Sep 2016
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10mins
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How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money | Seema Bansal
How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money | Seema Bansal
Seema Bansal forged a path to public education reform for 15,000 schools in Haryana, India, by setting an ambitious goal... Read more
22 Jun 2016
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14mins
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To learn is to be free | Shameem Akhtar
To learn is to be free | Shameem Akhtar
Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls a... Read more
1 Mar 2018
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12mins
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Your brain on video games | Daphne Bavelier
Your brain on video games | Daphne Bavelier
How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surp... Read more
19 Nov 2012
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17mins
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How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling
How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling
How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data ... Read more
11 Sep 2014
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19mins
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Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson
Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "K... Read more
3 May 2013
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7mins
Ranked #14
Want kids to learn well? Feed them well | Sam Kass
Want kids to learn well? Feed them well | Sam Kass
What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former Whit... Read more
5 Jan 2017
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12mins
Ranked #15
How teachers can help students navigate trauma | Lisa Godwin
How teachers can help students navigate trauma | Lisa Godwin
"To make a difference in the life of a child ... I made the commitment to tell my personal story," says educator Lisa Go... Read more
11 Feb 2020
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15mins
Ranked #16
The boost students need to overcome obstacles | Anindya Kundu
The boost students need to overcome obstacles | Anindya Kundu
How can disadvantaged students succeed in school? For sociologist Anindya Kundu, grit and stick-to-itiveness aren't enou... Read more
25 Sep 2017
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7mins
Ranked #17
How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard | Linda Cliatt-Wayman
How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard | Linda Cliatt-Wayman
On Linda Cliatt-Wayman's first day as principal at a failing high school in North Philadelphia, she was determined to la... Read more
5 Jun 2015
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17mins
Ranked #18
How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner
How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner
Why should a good education be exclusive to rich kids? Schools in low-income neighborhoods across the US, specifically i... Read more
1 Nov 2016
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13mins
Ranked #19
The danger of silence | Clint Smith
The danger of silence | Clint Smith
"We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't,"... Read more
15 Aug 2014
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4mins
Ranked #20
Teachers need real feedback | Bill Gates
Teachers need real feedback | Bill Gates
Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, t... Read more
8 May 2013
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10mins