TED Radio Hour presents “Unstoppable Learning”
Our minds and bodies constantly master lessons from our surroundings. In other words, we seem to have a natural inclination to learn. That i...
The teachers who inspired us, and even changed the trajectories of our lives
Rita Pierson is the kind of teacher you wish you had. An educator for 40 years, she is funny, sharp and simply has a way with words — ...
Get ready for TED Talks Education, airing May 7 at 10pm
TED is coming to a TV screen near you. On Tuesday, May 7, our first-ever television special will air on PBS at 10pm. Called TED Talks Educat...
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembering those lost and those who survived
Today, we remember the 11 million lives taken during the Holocaust — a catastrophe that thoroughly transformed our world. As we take t...
Take a video tour of TED-Ed, narrated by … who?
As the one-year anniversary of the TED-Ed website nears, the TED-Ed team created a new video to walk users through the features on the site,...
The 10 most popular TED-Ed lessons so far
The TED-Ed team is excited to have just passed our one-year mark — we launched our YouTube Channel on March 12, 2012. And what a year ...
From the Hole in the Wall to Yale: A Q&A with Arun Chavan
After his 6-year-old son taught himself to use a computer, 2013 TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra wanted to test the idea that kids can learn on...
Meet Kakenya Ntaiya, who worked with her elders to found a school for girls in her Maasai village
Kakenya Ntaiya was engaged at 5-years-old, her family members regularly whispering in her ear, “Your husband just passed by.” This was the t...
4 inspiring kids imagine the future of learning
After more than 13 years of research convinced him that children have the ability to learn almost anything on their own, 2013 TED Prize winn...