Rethinking School : TED Radio HourFor most of modern history, humans have placed smaller humans in institutions called schools. But what parts of this model still work? And what must change? This hour, TED speakers rethink education.
The TED Radio Hour: Rethinking School
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The TED Radio Hour: Rethinking School
Jovana Milanko/Stocksy
Rethinking School
For most of modern history, humans have placed smaller humans in institutions called schools. But what parts of this model still work? And what must change? This hour, TED speakers rethink education.
How many Noble Prizes, how many cures to cancer, how many solutions to our energy challenges are locked in the minds of people who will never go anywhere near the scientific fields because they were so intimidated...when they were in formal education? - Tyler DeWitt
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Would you want your child to become a teacher rather than a lawyer?...What we learned from PISA is that in high-performing education systems, leaders have convinced their citizens to make choices that value education, their future, more than consumption today. - Andreas Schleicher
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