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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people.

@4:16 - Great definition of education wherein Robinson says, "What it is, is a process of helping people to engage with the world around them and make more sense of themselves in the process."

Sir Ken Robinson's remarks were recorded on April 10, 2008, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit, a gathering in San Francisco of more than one hundred school superintendents from around the world. Robinson is the author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative.

Rowland Foundation Conference on High School Transformation with Sir Ken Robinson - September 22, 2011 at the University of Vermont

Are schools stifling creativity? Ken Robinson tells Jessica Shepherd why learning should be good for the soul

"On April 16th, PBS is going to air the first televised TED event, dubbed TED Talks Education. It'll be filmed a bit before the airing on April 4th in New York City. The first three speakers include Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone, Bill Gates, and Sir Ken Robinson. TED says there will be more speakers (including "dynamic teachers, speakers, and performers") announced soon. The topic of discussion? Curbing the high school dropout crisis."

SKR keynote highlights broken down into 8 videos. Videos are 2 minutes long on average.

Ideas from Joel Klein and Sir Ken Robinson

those teachers who use technology the most effectively and lead the way with its use are also, by and large, excellent teachers with or without the technology.

It might be 5 years old, but it still holds true. What has happened since then