Healthcare Triage
What Should Future Childhood Programs Look Like?
In 2005, when the RAND Corporation wrote about early childhood interventions, they argued that the evidence to date showed those interventions improved outcomes and generated benefits that outweighed the costs. More than ten years later,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pedro Noguera - Diversity
Pedro Noguera is the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University. Dr. Noguera is a sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well...
Curated Video
The Explosive Story of Dynamite Hill
When Black residents moved into one neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama, White supremacists unleashed a wave of terror against the community.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Christopher W. Albrecht - Teaching in the Global Pandemic and Beyond
Christopher Albrecht has been a teacher for over a quarter century. He spent the first three years of his career in New Martinsville, West Virginia. In his first year, Albrecht was named a Sallie Mae First Class National Teacher of the...
Curated Video
The Enslaved Household of Thomas Jefferson
This is the story of Ursula, Edith and Frances – three teenagers who Thomas Jefferson brought to the White House to train as his enslaved personal chefs.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - The Essential Conversation Parent - Teacher Conferences
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is an author, educator, researcher, and public intellectual. She has pioneered an innovative social science method called "portraiture," written eleven books, serves on numerous professional and scholarly boards...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Keishia Thorpe - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - USA
Keishia Thorpe is the 2021 Global Teacher Prize winner. Keishia teaches English to 12th-grade students who are English language learners at the International High School Langley Park, Bladensburg, Maryland, United States, a school where...
NPR
Crossing into Canada
In the last few months, many refugees have crossed illegally from the United States into Canada. Refugees who cross the border this way are violating the Safe Third Country Agreement. This agreement says people must take refuge in the...
Curated Video
Romania's last orphanages
Over 100,000 children were abandoned in Romania's orphanages during the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Nearly 30 years on Romania, like most other countries, is closing down the last of them.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Audette Exel AO - The Adara Kids
Audette Exel is the Founder of the Adara Group. The Adara Group is a global leader in bridging the worlds of financial services at the highest levels with the world of international development. Audette is the Chief Executive Officer of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Leah Juelke - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Leah Juelke is an teacher at Fargo South High School, North Dakota, in one of the largest English Language high school programs in her state. As a resettlement city, the majority of her students are refugees, who come from camps and...
SWPictures
SURVIVOR'S GUIDE - Times of Crists - The Philippines Fights Back
Reverberations from the financial crisis are still being felt around the world. We travel to the Philippines to see if measures introduced after the Asian financial crash in the 90’s are helping during the current global recession. Asia,...
Mediacorp
Gender Selection in India: The Burden of Daughters
This video highlights the issue of sex selective abortions in India, where the preference for boys over girls has led to the elimination of millions of girls before birth. The practice, although illegal, is still widespread due to the...
The Africa Channel
Behind the Words: Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche speaks about her inspiration
Go, Behind the Words of some of Africa’s literary icons and hear what inspired their writings. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of bestselling novel, Americanah the soon to be produced HBO Max series starring Lupito Nyong’o, and Half of...
Healthcare Triage
But, But, Medicaid Recipients Are Already Working
Recently, the Trump administration put forward plans to force all the able-bodied lazy people with Medicaid coverage to finally get jobs. The problem with this is that pretty much all the Medicaid recipients who can work already have...
Bill Carmody
Coloring Without Borders: A Conversation with Christian Robinson
In this video, Bill Carmody interviews Christian Robinson, an accomplished illustrator and animator. They discuss the coloring and activity book "Coloring Without Borders," which was created to raise funds for families separated at the...
Curated Video
Teenager Shows Grit After Hurricane
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, many families forced to flee the island were resettled in towns throughout the United States. Some of these, of course, were students in the middle of their high school careers. Listen to...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jaekyung Lee - Can America Fix Its Education System? (broken and unequal)
Jaekyung Lee, PhD, is a professor and former dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo. A fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Lee is an internationally recognized leader in...
Science360
Engines of Curiosity: Award-Winning Museums Look to the Future
2015 Public Service Award winners extend their reach beyond those iconic buildings, into classrooms, curriculum and the lives of students. Winners of the Public Service Award, The Museum of Science in Boston and New York City’s American...
The Wall Street Journal
White House Economist on a Post Vaccination Economy
Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors Heather Boushey shares what CFOs can expect over the next 12 months in a post-vaccination economy.
Science360
Robin Murphy talks about her deployment of rescue robots during the 9/11 response in New York City.
Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University, was on-site at Ground Zero within 24 hours of the attack. She brought along a team of students and colleagues to deploy a cadre of robots...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Chernor Bah - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Sierra Leone
Chernor is an acclaimed global advocate for education, a champion for girls and an expert in international development. As a teenager, he founded Sierra Leone’s Children’s Parliament to center youth voices in post-war reconstruction...
Espresso Media
The Women of Standing Rock: Native Identity, Trauma, and Resilience
The Women of Standing Rock part 4/8: This video highlights the experiences of a Native individual growing up in a predominantly white town, facing alienation and self-hate due to societal standards. It also discusses the impact of...
Kult America
Gay Propaganda or Gay PERSON?
Homosexual people are scrutinized by who they chose to love, and how they chose to love. Opinions are strong and often invoke intense reactions, yet some of the people most passionately against alternative sexual orientations never...