In 2006, Sir Ken Robinson made a passionate case at TED for an overhaul of education. When I first saw this video, I was working in Suas, a nonprofit working to improve education. It was encouraging to hear Ken lay out the reasons why this ‘sit down and learn by rote‘ model is failing us, and won’t prepare us for the future.
It’s funny in parts, he tells a great story, and bits from this video will stay with you for a long time.