Education reform has been a hot topic in recent years, and leaders across the political spectrum have championed measures such as increased testing anEducation reform has been a hot topic in recent years, and leaders across the political spectrum have championed measures such as increased testing and results-based evaluation of teachers and school districts. But one of the most pervasive problems affecting public schools is rarely discussed as an education issue at all. With the recent news that a majority of K-12 students in the Southern and Western United States now live in low-income households, it is time to take a serious look at how poverty affects education. More ...
Nikos Passas talks about fighting corruption at a 2015 TEDx event in Athens, Greece. Nikos Passas is a professor of...
Nikos Passas talks about fighting corruption at a 2015 TEDx event in Athens, Greece. Nikos Passas is a professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the N...
The best science shows that the chance of having one or more magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquakes in California over...
The best science shows that the chance of having one or more magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquakes in California over the next 30 years is greater than 99%. Su...
Canopy Social Impact Series: The Role of Innovation in International Peace and Security (dialogue #1). The Canopy...
Canopy Social Impact Series: The Role of Innovation in International Peace and Security (dialogue #1). The Canopy Social Impact Series event model strives to...
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful...
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to ...
Sustainable development has been the red line in Kitty van der Heijdens'carreer. After working for the UN, she is...
Sustainable development has been the red line in Kitty van der Heijdens'carreer. After working for the UN, she is now director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ambassador for sustainable development. She will represent the Netherlands in the upcoming Rio plus 20 earth Summit in June 2012. An international conference organised by the UN 20 years after the first UN conference on sustainable development in Rio. At TEDxHaarlem Kitty van der Heijden will take us on a journey through international sustainable development conferences.
It's hard to believe the disturbing facts that our earth is suffering from extreme weather & so many terrible...
It's hard to believe the disturbing facts that our earth is suffering from extreme weather & so many terrible environmental changes. Subscribe to American Ey...