I Love Teaching So Much … I Quit | Tawana Weicker | TEDxTryon
October 2015
TEDx Talk Tryon – Teaching took on a whole new meaning for this high school teacher turned biofuel eco-preneur when her students became her teachers.
She learned how to transform waste into biofuel while at the same time identifying the enormous waste of knowledge, creativity and expertise that too often happens in our classrooms.
Toxic culture of education: Joshua Katz at TEDxUniversityofAkron
May 2014
Joshua Katz is a high school math teacher in Orange County, FL.
Joshua’s Talk: In the mid 1800’s, Horace Mann captured the potential impact of education on society.
We have yet to realize the potential he saw, and in fact, we are missing the mark by a wider and wider margin. We have created a “Toxic Culture of Education” in our country that is damaging students, impacting our economy, and threatening our future. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, we have embraced a culture of high stakes testing and are perpetuating a false sense of failure in our schools.
Basic Income: An Idea Whose Time Has Come | James Mulvale | TEDxUManitoba
April 2016
By providing an economic floor for everyone in Canada, basic or guaranteed income would simplify and streamline our income security system, lower rates of poverty and inequality, and would enable us to advance environmental sustainability in the context of a steady state economy.
Basic income and other ways to fix capitalism | Federico Pistono | TEDxHaarlem
September 2015
A few years ago, those who warned us about the risks of technological unemployment were labelled as luddites, crazy, or techno-pessimists. Now some of the greatest economists agree that automation poses a serious threat to the economy, with jobs disappearing and inequality on the rise.
Why the Rich are Getting Richer | Robert Kiyosaki | TEDxUCSD
July 2016
Robert Kiyosaki is an entrepreneur and the author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, the #1 bestselling personal finance book of all time.
In his talk, he discusses the power of financial education and how it relates to income inequality. Best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money.
