The failures of TED’s approach to merging education and entertainment sacrifices the former for the latter. Never before have the worlds of entertainment and education been so closely intertwined than ...

This afternoon, TED, the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization best known for its globally beloved TED Talks, has announced a new era of leadership. Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, has been ...

The 2027 conference will be held in the spring at the Convention Center, which organizers said offers new opportunities for ...

The next TED Talk video features Sugata Mitra, winner of the 2013 TED Prize, who describes his wish: build a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another. The talk, 11 ...

In late September 2009, Dan Cnossen woke up in a hospital bed, wondering what had happened to his legs. While serving as the platoon commander for SEAL Team One in Afghanistan, Cnossen stepped on an ...

Veteran teacher Rita Pierson believes that relationships are crucial to education. She talks about how classrooms lack the kind of human connections kids need to feel inspired and to learn. Pierson ...