Critical thinking is a 21st-century essential — here’s how to help kids learn it
If we want children to thrive in our complicated world, we need to teach them how to think, says...
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Meet the Student Talks materials!
At TED-Ed, we’re passionate about sharing vibrant, diverse, and meaningful student voices with...
Meet the fourth cohort of TED-Ed Innovative Educators!
What could education look like if every innovative voice from the classroom to the...
How we can fix math education through play
Math tends to inspire groans, moans and a fair amount of anxiety. But is there any way to make...
Turn your school essay into a TED-style Talk
Writing a college admissions essay (or any essay for that matter) can be grueling. BUT—did you...
A bold step for womankind: Meet the young women behind Kyrgyzstan’s satellite program
Ranging in age from 17 to 25, they are challenging their country’s gender norms by learning...
Share these 20 brilliant ideas with your favorite teachers (and everyone else)
What’s one thing that you’d like to see educators try out in 2018? We asked the TED-Ed Innovative...
Bridge the gaps between teachers and students with Roll Call
BIO A few years ago, TED-Ed Innovative Educator Kristin Leong was leading a classroom discussion...
3 reasons to be kind to educators
Any dedicated educator can tell you: A teaching job extends far beyond the classroom. Molding the...
Ode to my daughter’s teacher
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, my kids were 6 and 3 years old. There are so...
7 tips for teachers on how to create a safe school environment
All children deserve to learn in a safe, supportive educational environment. One education...
How to lead a brainstorm
Brainstorming was invented in the 1930s as a practical idea-generation technique for regular use...
How much do you know about the women who shaped modern physics?
Theoretical physicist (and TED Fellow) Shohini Ghose has two great passions: physics, and...
10 tips for talking about news, politics and current events in schools
In schools everywhere, students are deeply affected by current events. Certain policy changes and...
Should emotions be taught in schools?
Who taught you how to identify and manage your emotions, how to recognize them when they arose,...
Should every kid learn to love computer science?
The short answer is yes. Here’s why. In the Lego Movie, the protagonists are “master builders” —...
The world’s required reading list: The books that students read in 28 countries
This compilation of reading assigned to students everywhere will expand your horizons — and your...
The magic of collaboration: These two teachers created #GlobalSpeedChat to promote cross-cultural understanding among students
Colleagues, mentors, friends. This is how two TED-Ed Innovative Educators — Kim...
How to start a community service learning project at your school
Community service learning projects can teach lessons that last a lifetime. For students, these...
Lead a TED-Ed professional development workshop designed for teachers, by teachers
“Kashmir, my birthplace, has been facing political conflict for a very long time,”...
Meet the third cohort of TED-Ed Innovative Educators!
Rwanda. Malaysia. Pakistan. Those are just three of the 11 countries represented by the third...
How to boost student access to gifted and talented education resources
“Gifted and talented” programs are designed to provide students with an enriched academic...
5 back-to-school tips for teachers and parents
Back-to-school time is the perfect moment to reboot your routines. Ready to try something new?...
How to help a teacher out
Everyone wants kids to thrive in school — but what about the teachers who are there to make that...