Join these three inspirational EdTalks to hear from and engage with some of the world’s best and brightest thinkers of today.
At EdPalooza, you’ll experience the largest virtual convening of its kind, bringing together everyone who believes that now is the time to reimagine education.
Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist and bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World–and How They Got That Way and The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes–And Why, published in 15 countries and turned into a PBS documentary.
In The Unthinkable, Ripley explores the mysteries of human behavior using science and storytelling, describing how the brain reacts under extreme duress—with widespread implications during this pandemic year. Her work brings to light how adults and children react before, during and after disasters and what this means to education leaders and policymakers in an era of unprecedented disruption.
Catch Amanda Ripley’s EdTalk on December 1 for insights into the human experience during disasters, the decisive moments that result and how to build resilience through unsettling yet transformative times!
Educator and bestselling author Irshad Manji‘s latest book, Don’t Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times, is dedicated to finding common ground in a fractured world. With this year’s unprecedented discord and division—amplified by the disruption of a global pandemic—Manji’s guidance on public listening and building a culture of civility, diversity and inclusion has widespread and important implications.
Founder of the Moral Courage Project at the University of Southern California, Manji’s work seeks to humanize civic discourse with skills that empower us to find common ground and live with moral courage. Without inflaming the culture wars, Manji shows us how to celebrate individuality, embrace diversity of thought and create unity without uniformity.
Watch Irshad Manji’s EdTalk from December 2, 2020 and learn more about transforming disagreement into opportunity and breaking out of the fishbowl to develop lasting solutions that can help to heal America.
International education leader Andreas Schleicher oversees the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), giving leaders around the world essential, comparative information about student achievement. Based for more than two decades at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Schleicher works across nations and cultures to improve quality and equity in education. His global platforms—and acclaimed book, World Class. How to Build a 21stCentury School System—are empowering policymakers, researchers and educators to innovate and transform educational policies and practices.
One of Schleicher’s observations during his collaboration with education leaders around the world is that the best education systems look forward and outward with systemwide innovation and purposeful collaboration. His research continually demonstrates that policy can, and does, make a difference.
Join Andreas Schleicher’s EdTalk on December 3 for insights on the impact of this year’s global pandemic on student learning and which countries are responding well to our rapidly changing world—and why.
ExcelinEd’s EdPalooza is a come-one, come-all virtual experience designed to bring the education community together in new ways to ignite ideas and inspire change. With the massive challenges created by the global pandemic – and renewed focus on educational equity – this year presents an urgent call to action on behalf of students and their future. ExcelinEd’s convening, and the work that results, has never been more necessary.
