Tag Archives: Education

Reinventing Education?

Posted in April 7, 2011 by Charles in Education | 15 comments

In this refreshing TED talk, Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other...

Bill Gates on State Budgets & Education

Posted in March 10, 2011 by Charles in Business, Education, Ideation | 4 comments

In this engaging TED talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits -- with the financing of...

Sir Ken Robinson Animation: Changing Education Paradigms

Posted in December 22, 2010 by Charles in Creativity, Ideation | 5 comments

In this talk from RSA Animate, Creativity Expert Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. This is an important, timely talk for parents and teachers. Sir Ken is...