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Education

“A place of joy”: NextEinstein welcomes the first postgrad class at AIMS Senegal

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0OpWZMqfU%5D Congratulations to the first class of admitted students at AIMS Senegal, the newest A...

Nov 1, 2011
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Culture

Learning from a barefoot movement: Bunker Roy on TED.com

In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men — many of them illiterate — to become solar engineers, ...

Oct 17, 2011
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Culture

What are babies really thinking? Alison Gopnik on TED.com

“Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species,” says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research ex...

Oct 10, 2011
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Education

“Is the internet, not formal education, the great equalizer?” Join this TED Conversation

It’s a big question:  “Is the internet, not formal education, the great equalizer?” — and it’s been generating...

Oct 7, 2011
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Experience the magic of Richard Dawkins’ reality
Education

Experience the magic of Richard Dawkins’ reality

If living in Richard Dawkins’ world is to live without an omnipotent creator, to explain life’s most wondrous mysteries with scientific fact...

Oct 4, 2011
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Culture

A short intro to the Studio School: Geoff Mulgan on TED.com

Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in t...

Sep 27, 2011
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Education

What TEDTalk would you play to open the school year? We counted your (almost 1,000) responses …

Over the weekend, we asked the TED community on Facebook this question: “If you wanted to show a TEDTalk to open the school year, whic...

Aug 9, 2011
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Education

New TED Book: Erin McKean’s “Aftercrimes, Geoslavery, and Thermogeddon”

Ever been brainjacked? Or Breitbarted? Perhaps you’re a kangatarian or a newpreneur. If not, you can still be a wordnik. Come with us ...

Jul 20, 2011
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Education

Spreading TED-Ed at TEDGlobal

TED-Ed is a new initiative to build a deep, tagged archive of educational videos — expanding the reach and power of great video (inclu...

Jul 14, 2011
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