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Is the culture of standardizing education alienating teachers and students? Without a doubt, according to education reformer Sir Ken Robinson. "There's a problem with the standards culture, which is, ...
Lately, I have been thinking about Spielberg’s movie “Saving Private Ryan”. Not because we just celebrated Veteran’s Day or because I am particularly inspired by war movies, but because I have been ...
According to author and speaker Sir Ken Robinson, he is often asked: What would a different approach to education look like? Robinson, who gave the most-watched TED Talk in history (with more than 33 ...
Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Across the world, standardized testing has become such a crucial part of education that parents are scaling ...
Sir Ken Robinson’s views on creativity are abundantly well documented. In his 2006 TED Talk—still the most-watched of all time—he claimed that “we are educating people out of their creative capacities ...
‘We have infantilized children. They can do far more than we give them credit for,' Sir Ken Robinson said at a Monday event at Sonoma Country Day School. Sir Ken Robinson likes to provoke thinking and ...
The New York Times’ new Learning sections will feature a question-and-answer segment with an education expert. For our first installment, we’ve chosen Sir Ken Robinson, a best-selling author and ...
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There are unique pressures in the business of education. The current vision of education is so ensconced in the minds of so many of the world’s population, that the necessary changes are nearly ...
You may have already viewed this Ted Talk, or seen the RSA Animate video passed around on Feacebook. But this is one that stands the test of time and offers plenty to debate. If you haven’t seen it ...
The world’s most well-known education luminary died yesterday. Sir Ken Robinson passed away at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer. His TED Talk entitled “Do Schools Kill Creativity” is the most ...