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Persepolis

2007

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

96 min

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An Expert’s View: Sir Ken Robinson

Our new Learning sections will feature a question-and-answer segment with an education expert. For our first installment, we’ve chosen Sir Ken Robinson, a best-selling author and longtime advocate of transforming education.

Kenneth Robinson

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The Future of Education: We Live in a Social World

Education is a dynamic system, not a static one. It's not an impersonal, inert engineering system; it’s constantly in flux. It exists in the actions and activities of people every day and is subject to all kinds of conflicting forces and fluctuations.

Kenneth Robinson

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How Much Homework Is Enough? Depends Who You Ask

In the stereotypical classroom, the teacher spends time in class presenting material to the students. Their homework consists of assignments based on that material.

Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica

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Standardization Broke Education. Here’s How We Can Fix Our Schools

“The movement towards personalization is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too.”

Kenneth Robinson

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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education

Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now, when education has become a minefield of politics and controversy. One of the world’s most influential educators, Robinson has had countless conversations with parents about the dilemmas they face.

Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica

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Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education

Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization’s history.

Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica

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How to Escape Education’s Death Valley | Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish—and how current education culture works against them.

Kenneth Robinson

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Do Schools Kill Creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures, rather than undermines, creativity.

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