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XQ: The Super School Project

XQ: The Super School Project is a national movement to reimagine high school. #RethinkHighSchool

Let’s rethink high school together! 

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Hands-on experiences are fundamental to creativity

Michael Guenza

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Thank you note from students!

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Can you learn to be creative?

Is creativity magical? Not according to those now teaching it as a skill, discovers Colin Barras. Are there really secrets to unlocking your imagination?

YES!

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How I teach kids to love science

At the Harbour School in Hong Kong, TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada teaches citizen science and invention to the next generation of environmentalists. He's moved his classroom into an industrial mega-space where imaginative kids work with wood, metal, chemistry, biology, optics and, occasionally, power tools to create solutions to the threats facing the world's oceans. There, he instills a universal lesson that his own parents taught him at a young age: "You can make a mess, but you have to clean up after yourself."

Let’s watch how Cesar Harada moved his science classroom into an industrial space.

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If the only thing students remember is the teacher, it's nothing but emotion. If what they remember is what they did, it's the intellect.

Teresa Camajani

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Why Do People Think You Can't Teach Creativity?

We need a clear and consistent pathway from inspiration to implementation.

We don’t say “No”.

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The Most Important Leadership Quality for CEOs? Creativity

About 60 of the CEOs polled by IBM cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52 for integrity and 35 for global...

Creativity is getting important nowadays.

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It’s so much fun doing illustration than writing an essay. It’s also a way to learn how to tell a story.

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This is Project H! Inspiring stories and teaching materials.

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Teaching design for change

Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.

Involving hands-on experiences in the class.

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We are making this interview video! Sharing is the best gift! 

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Bring on the learning revolution!

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

Sir Ken Robinson’s speech on TED. So inspiring.

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Trying something new for teaching a history class.

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Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.

Denial H. Pink

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A student survey showed that while many students enjoy school and learning, they want their education to be more relevant to their everyday lives.

This a study of how students think of their teach. 

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Time to experiment and develop a new teaching tool!