Education and Creativity

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." — Mark Twain

Sir Ken Robinson at TED:

Do schools kill creativity? (2006)

Bring on the learning revolution! (2010)

How to escape education's death valley (2013)

Sir Ken Robinson: 10 TED talks on Education

What do babies think? ALISON GOPNIK
Turning trash into toys for learning ARVIND GUPTA
Build a School in the Cloud SUGATA MITRA
The El Sistema music revolution JOSÉ ANTONIO ABREU
A girl who demanded school KAKENYA NTAIYA
Teach arts and sciences together MAE JEMISON
Teaching one child at a time SHUKLA BOSE
To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful SHANE KOYCZAN
Education innovation in the slums CHARLES LEADBEATER
Let's use video to reinvent education SAL KHAN

Diane Ravitch was a Research Professor of Education at New York University from 1995-2020 and is a historian of education. She is the Founder and President of the Network for Public Education (NPE). NPE has 350,000 followers and is the single largest organization of parents and teachers and other citizens working to stop the privatization of public education and the misuse of standardized testing. Its goal is to preserve, protect and improve public schools.