TED Talks: Education Revolution features performances by singer/songwriter Meshell Ndegeocelloand host Sara Ramirez, and three original short films produced by Independent Television Service (ITVS):
Modern Classroom, by Greg Whiteley, which proposes a radical rethinking of the traditional classroom model, largely unchanged since the Industrial Revolution; Freedom University, by Heather Courtney andAnayansi Prado, about an alternative college program in Georgia for undocumented students shut out of the state's university system; and Unconscious Bias, by Geeta Gandbhir and Perri Peltz, about how bias can sneak up on us when we least expect it.
TED Talks: Education Revolution is a co-production of TED and ITVS for PBS. TED Talks: Education Revolution is curated by Chris Anderson and Juliet Blake. The executive producer is Juliet Blake and Allen Kelman is the producer. TED content director is Kelly Stoetzel. Executive producers for ITVS are Tamara Gould and Sally Jo Fifer. TED Talks: Education Revolution is directed by Linda Mendoza. Funded by the CPB, this special is the third in a series of three TED Talks specials for public media in 2016. More information is available at pbs.org/tedtalks.
SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION is a week of primetime programs on PBS and WORLD Channel focused on this challenges facing America's education system and why many of our students are still failing. Starting Monday, Sept.12, PBS stations will lead a national dialogue on-air, online and across communities, and explore ideas and solutions to improve outcomes for all America's youth. Funding for these programs is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as part of the public media initiative American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen.
