How can disadvantaged students succeed in school? For sociologist Anindya Kundu, grit and stick-to-itiveness aren't enough; students also need to develop their agency, or their capacity to overcome obstacles and navigate the system. He shares […]
Meet Todai Robot, an AI project that performed in the top 20 percent of students on the entrance exam for the University of Tokyo — without actually understanding a thing. While it's not matriculating anytime […]
Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet — will they be met with opportunity or frustration? As President of the World Bank Group, Jim […]
The Health Ranger explains why the delusional Left hates merit-based immigration and prefers to attract a world of total LOSERS to the United States (so they will all vote Democrat, of course). Learn more at […]
The Health Ranger explains why government-run education is an overall catastrophe that produces only indoctrinated loyal workers instead of creative individuals. Follow more news about the failures of federal government at and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfKFvOvsm4U
(Complete English subtitles are offered for this talk– click the CC button in the bottom right of your screen to turn subtitles on.). Carina Morillo understood almost nothing about autism when her child Ivan was […]
When Michael Bierut was tapped to create a logo for public school libraries, he had no idea he was embarking on a years-long passion project. In this typically hilarious talk, he recalls his compulsive mission […]
Disease is universal– but access to care is not. Doctor Raj Panjabi has a strong vision to bring health care to everyone, everywhere. With the 2017 TED Reward, Panjabi is constructing the Neighborhood Health Academy, […]
Sixty-five million individuals were displaced from their homes by dispute and catastrophe in 2016. It's not just a crisis; it's a test of who we are and what we represent, says David Miliband– and each […]
Teenagers do not get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones– it's because of public law, states Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep scientist, clinician and mother […]
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