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TED Talks
Olympia Della Flora: Creative ways to get kids to thrive in school
To get young kids to thrive in school, we need to do more than teach them how to read and write -- we need to teach them how to manage their emotions, says educator Olympia Della Flora. In this practical talk, she shares creative tactics...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lori Shorr - School and Community Partnerships
Lori Shorr, a professor of urban education and policy at Temple University and former Chief Education Officer for Philadelphia, shares how her experience shaped a unique course she co-teaches called School and Community Partnerships. The...
TED Talks
TED: The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools | Heejae Lim
When teachers and families work together, everyone wins, says education technology entrepreneur and TED Fellow Heejae Lim. She shines a light on an underutilized resource in US public education -- a family's love for their children --...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elsa Elisabeth Jones - Freedom Schools
Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years
of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Chil
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Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As...
of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Chil
dhood
Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As...
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Tackling identity-based bullying in schools
Some groups of young people are more likely to experience bullying than others. Children and young people are too often bullied in schools because of their race, faith, gender, disability, sexual orientation or trans status, irrespective...
Crash Course
Civil Rights and the 1950s Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the early days of the Civil Rights movement. By way of providing context for this, John also talks a bit about wider America in the 1950s. The 1950s are a deeply nostalgic period for many Americans,...
Crash Course
School Segregation and Brown v Board: Crash Course Black American History
In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that public schools should be racially integrated, and overturned the separate but equal doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson decades before. This was made possible by a concerted legal...
TED Talks
Kristen Wenz: What if a single human right could change the world?
More than a billion people worldwide, mostly children, do not have a legal identity. In many countries, this means they can't get access to vital services like health care and education, says legal identity expert Kristen Wenz. She...
Curated Video
How Malala Yousafzai uses humour and anecdotes in a speech
Pupil outcome: I understand how the use of humour and anecdotes can help connect to an audience. Key learning points: - A speaker can use humour to build a relationship with an audience. - Telling anecdotes in a speech can help an...
Curated Video
Standing Up For Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement in America
From the fight to abolish slavery in the 1800s to the efforts to stop segregation in the 1900s, this program chronicles the civil rights movement in America. Students will learn about the courageous leaders of the Abolitionist Movement...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Leslie T. Fenwick - Urban School Reform
Leslie T. Fenwick, PhD, is a nationally-known education policy and leadership studies scholar who served as Dean of the Howard University School of Education for nearly a decade. A former Visiting Scholar and Visiting Fellow at Harvard...
Mazz Media
School Violence: You Can Help Prevent It!
According to a recent report from the National Center for Educational Statistics violence, including student violence against teachers, is on the rise in America's schools. Statistics show that early 7% of high schoolers stayed home...
Curated Video
School Violence: You Can Help Prevent It!
According to a recent report from the National Center for Educational Statistics violence, including student violence against teachers, is on the rise in America's schools. Statistics show that early 7% of high...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rebecca West - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Australia
Rebecca West was a top ten finalist for the 2021 Global Teacher Prize. Rebecca is also deputy principal at Bonnyrigg Public School, New South Wales, Australia, knew as soon as she entered a classroom as a student-teacher 22 years ago...
Curated Video
Ruby Bridges and the Fight for Integration in Education
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist.
She is the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation...
She is the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation...
Curated Video
Susan Clark Holley: Breaking Barriers in Education
Facing racial barriers in 19th-century Iowa, Susan Clark Holley’s legal battle pioneered school desegregation, laying early groundwork for the monumental Brown v. Board of Education case.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kirsten Cuppen - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - The Netherlands
After eight years teaching at a primary school and two years at a high school, Kirsten Cuppen currently works at an intermediate vocational college in the Netherlands that prepares trainees for jobs related to a specific trade or...
Mr. Beat
Ending School Segregation | Brown v. Board of Education
In episode 8 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Court unanimously has major issues with Plessy v. Ferguson, and ends up dramatically changing the future of the Civil Rights Movement by ruling segregation "inherently unequal.”
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rick Hess - Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision
Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, explains what it means to approach education from a conservative perspective. He outlines three core principles. First, rigor and mastery — schools...
Wonderscape
History Kids: Segregation to Integration and Civil Rights
This video provides a historical overview of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, highlighting key events and figures that shaped the fight for equal rights. It explores the struggles faced by black Americans during the era of...
Curated Video
Respecting Boundaries: Exploring Limits in Kids Planet
In this video, Nova explores the concept of boundaries and why they are important. She explains that boundaries are like rules that people create for themselves and for others, and they exist in various places such as schools, hospitals,...
Wonderscape
The Humanitarian Crisis of Cobalt Mining in the DRC
Explore the devastating human toll of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Learn about the exploitation of women and children in artisanal mines, the struggles with child labor, and the impact of violence and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bill Ayers - Education as a Human Right
William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society, taught courses in...
Hip Hughes History
Articles of Confederation Explained in 10 Minutes
A video lecture on the Articles designed for US History students taking the NY state regents. Vintage HHH. The old school stuff where resolution was a bowling score.