Education Videos

Date: 9/19/2007

Length: 1 Hour 36 Minutes 15 Seconds

Description: What Makes Education Research "Educational?, presented by Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean of the School of Education and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan.
A Response to Deborah Ball Using "Policy Talk", presented by Paul D. Goren, Vice President of the Spencer Foundation (Chicago)

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks communities to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to openup similar centers.