The next evolution of schools: Highlights from our chat with Will Richardson
What will schools look like in 25 years? Educator and parent Will Richardson sees profound changes beginning to bubble up in classrooms arou...
10 talks on making schools great
With just over a month to go before the 2012 presidential election in the US, eyes around the world are on the contest between Barack Obama ...
‘The One World Schoolhouse’: Salman Khan’s vision for education, in his new book
“The One World Schoolhouse fleshes out the story and vision that began with my talk at TED,” Salman Khan tells the TED Blog. His new book, o...
How a school-age blogger can effect big change: A Q&A with Martha Payne of NeverSeconds
Martha Payne may only be 9-years-old, but she is already a world-renowned food blogger. In a preamble to his fascinating TEDTalk about what ...
Visualizing the possibility of intelligent life in the Milky Way
How many detectable alien civilizations are out there in our galaxy? In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake developed an equation to estimate the n...
Reading List: A selection of must-read ebooks
“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped in...
Playlist: a TED intern picks the classic school schedule, in talks
Grab your new backpack and sharpen your pencils. It’s back to school time, and here is my playlist of six talks about the essentials. ...
Reading List: 12 books by recent TED speakers
With summer dwindling to its last few days, it’s time to put away the beach reads and get the mind back in gear with heartier fare. Wh...
12 great free online courses
Much ado has been made in recent years over the quickly rising cost of healthcare in the United States. But the cost of college tuition and ...