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The abrupt shift to online learning due to COVID-19 rocked the US education system, unearthing many of the inequities at its foundation. Educator Nora Flanagan says we can reframe this moment as an opportunity to fix what’s long been broken for teachers, students and families — and shares four ways schools can reinvent themselves for a post-pandemic world.
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Hobbes Hobbiton
February 12, 2021 at 10:14 pm
It is ridiculous that schools are holding students to standards *designed for normal education.* We are all trying to _survive_ a global pandemic, social unrest, and an *economic collapse,* and yet you expect me to focus on math!?!?
LALSANGZUALA RENTHLEI
February 12, 2021 at 10:40 pm
In my place , schools are reopened slowly….
Gerard Białek
February 13, 2021 at 12:15 am
So, you want to undermine an entire generations ability to do math because there’s a pandemic? Want to rethink that?
Nina Spitzer
February 12, 2021 at 10:14 pm
Thank you for your openness and clarity.
Pieter Hoopeloos
February 12, 2021 at 10:15 pm
Ted just let’s anyone talk in a nutshell
Jesse Wetherell
February 13, 2021 at 1:10 am
That looks more like a sports stadium than a nutshell.
Till Man
February 12, 2021 at 10:18 pm
Why not tat her face, too?
SOIR Santini
February 12, 2021 at 10:24 pm
Totally agree and hope people/ governments listen. Wonderful!
Hobbes Hobbiton
February 12, 2021 at 10:25 pm
Anyone else get Ms.Frizzle vibes from this teacher? ^-^
Manuel Bourgault
February 12, 2021 at 10:28 pm
Welcome to the real world, the rest of us have been doing this for more than a year already… At least you’ll have examples to follow if things get messy. Americans really do live in a sealed bubble
Gijs
February 12, 2021 at 10:28 pm
What Covid also revealed, is that every government is corrupt just like the media and that we are owned by some elite group
Fabio L
February 12, 2021 at 10:29 pm
o braço dela é todo tatuado ou é uma manga de tatuagens?
My Six Sense
February 12, 2021 at 10:35 pm
Ya the welfare recipients using the flu to get a paycheck without actually doing their jobs. I think the “education” system is an indoctrination system and parents should be educating not these comprised government employees with their ideological agendas. Dump the teachers, reduce unconstitutional taxation and allow parents to raise their children the way they want to, not Authoritarian governments!
Daniel Lerner
February 12, 2021 at 10:41 pm
Children are at very low risk for coronavirus, less than the flu. Schools should never have been closed. This person is an anti-science conspiracy theorist.
Victoria Bailey
February 12, 2021 at 10:51 pm
3:50 starts the 4 reasons
Elias Paulo
February 12, 2021 at 11:08 pm
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A
February 12, 2021 at 11:10 pm
As a teacher I can’t wait to get away from this online teaching nonsense that has isolated our kids, and made them hate learning. Good riddance to bad rubbish, when we get back to normal.
Nathan Pang
February 13, 2021 at 12:03 am
Sure thing. I teach 7th grade. Surely it is better to have students breathing safely at home than to be intubated in a hospital, or at a parent’s funeral.
We will be bad teachers if we let them and their communities get sick or die.
InMotionForAMillion
February 12, 2021 at 11:42 pm
This was filmed in June 2020…why did it take 8 months for this to finally hit YouTube??
RantKid
February 13, 2021 at 1:18 am
Not every single ted talk gets posted. They happen all over the world.
Gerard Białek
February 13, 2021 at 12:12 am
This is still industrialization minded schooling this person’s preaching. They’re preaching streamlining the process of making workers, not thinkers.
They mention conspiracy theories, yet don’t mention their root cause. Where the f*ck is the part about teaching basic critical thinking, logic, and rudimentary philosophy? This is what we need. Kids need to learn when they’re being lied to and manipulated. Kids need to learn how to fight against the most advanced and best funded propaganda of all time. American propaganda. The propaganda, funded by the sugar lobby, that moved attantion away from sugars and onto fats. The propaganda, funded by the petroleum lobbies that makes it seem like an SUV driver is more environmentally impactful than a multi-national plastics producer. Of hundreds, this is the first Ted I’ve seen that disgusted me. Ted needs to push the boundary, not, like this video, reinforce it.
jure kovacic
February 13, 2021 at 12:16 am
She spoke true and good. Those words hold meaning, value and power. Thst was an amazing TED talk and she is a brave woman. And I agree with her. Some of those ideas can be implemented everywhere. Not just Amwrica but Europe and other parts of the world to. But it is true what they say. Sometimes you just need an Idea and will to change the world.
Freddie Barnes
February 13, 2021 at 12:20 am
I definitely agree with Option 4. The exams in all of the U.S.A and other countries like the UK are outdated. I don’t believe that me and the other students taking exams need to learn absolutely everything in the syllabus. They should teach us the stuff that we really need then teach us the stuff that is truly useful like how to manage your finances, how to get a job etc.
atenas80525
February 13, 2021 at 12:23 am
Democrats have run Chicago since 1931. If there are problems with inequality, technology and institutional racism, try checking your leadership
atenas80525
February 13, 2021 at 12:24 am
Small class sizes? What about a return to the K-8, one room schoolhouse? Where relationship between teacher and students mattered and not just a 45 minute clock check
atenas80525
February 13, 2021 at 12:25 am
Librarians? Does that mean a return to the classics of literature?
Chauncey Philpot
February 13, 2021 at 12:40 am
The funny thing is “librarians” usually refers to older individuals who would probably be the very people most susceptible to misinformation online lol. I think what she wants is a modern “librarian” aka “Fact checker”. Shouldn’t teachers be the ones teaching children how to think and question what they’re reading? To always assume misinformation and verify things themselves with good resources? Especially from “news” sources.
Steve Yoder
February 13, 2021 at 12:34 am
Their charter isn’t anything other than teaching and education
Hayden H
February 13, 2021 at 12:38 am
Systemic Racism = Teacher Union
Whatisreal? Knowtheformula
February 13, 2021 at 12:51 am
Downthumbing because in the real world any learner would have stopped listening because the point was not concise. For an educator to make this mistake is not okay.
keenarnia
February 13, 2021 at 1:19 am
I think the most important thing is, it revealed to parents what kids are being taught. Very damaging indoctrinating ideals that are dangerous. Hopefully that gets removed, but Cali seems to be full speed on aboard on it.
Richard McCombs
February 13, 2021 at 4:28 am
Sorry , I know it’s wrong, but the ink I can’t get by. Tried to listen but it’s an oddity, to me, I don’t hear all I see is ink . Not sure what she said Chicago, wiping tables…wish I did not think less of inked people. Sad
luke thomas
February 13, 2021 at 5:03 am
Teachers should only worry about making learning as easy as possible, not politics or their own jobs.
Barbara McSpadden
February 13, 2021 at 5:04 am
Rural areas may differ. Yes?
Mark Pickham
February 13, 2021 at 5:10 am
I hope now have an idea how complex teaching is… how much time is taken to prepare just one lesson. IT equity is an on going challenge – maybe ‘Big Tech’ could intervene hear. Testing is a retrograde step more wholistic ways to show learning.
Neil Johnson
February 13, 2021 at 12:43 pm
Are you for real? You don’t know what hard work is! Two months extra every year holidays, 6 hour days and a job about as stressful as the average commute to work and you waxing lyrical on how “complex” teaching is? Give me a break
Jennifer Piper
February 13, 2021 at 5:24 am
The isolation of covid life still feels weird to me. Imagine an EMPTY Wrigley Stadium? Not many get to have that experience, peculiar as it may be. Makes me think of the genie that always foils the wish. Dear Genie, I wish I could address thousands by speaking in Wrigley Stadium! Who could have predicted one would have to request the physical presence of the thousands!? Prevailing despite covid!!
GREAT Ted talk!
Shahaf Yefet
February 13, 2021 at 5:55 am
this has been much easier and more fun to watch!! Also great advice as usual!!!!
mac macd
February 13, 2021 at 6:13 am
Wake up it’s a dream
dennis
February 13, 2021 at 7:01 am
Purple hair and tattoos, Miss Krapopilis during online learning
Neil Johnson
February 13, 2021 at 12:39 pm
hahahahaha, nailed it
Brian P
February 13, 2021 at 7:28 am
Cliché infested socialism. Want a 10 minute moral expose of what led to the decline of America? There is none more topical.
Omer Balkan
February 13, 2021 at 8:10 am
Thanks Nora l think everyone true
Alan Mott-Smith
February 13, 2021 at 8:52 am
All those empty chairs reminds me of Donna Chump’s 2016 presidential election campaign rallies !
Brusc Uilis
February 13, 2021 at 9:35 am
Why TedX is of no interest to me just only TedTalks ?!
Brusc Uilis
February 13, 2021 at 9:36 am
And on this note I uncliked the bell icon…
Savickas
February 13, 2021 at 9:50 am
2:26 that almost broke you? No wonder you’re scared of words, you’re scared of everything.
5:11 Here’s the equity shoehorn. “we need to support diverse learners, protect neighborhoods from ‘housing instability’ and ‘attacks on immigrant communities’.”
5:30 ‘so many parents tell us they can’t support their children’s learning if they can’t support their families’, well by definition yea that’d be the case. Here’s the money jump, therefore we must give more funds to people based on their race.
They keep using the word ‘equity’ because one of many of its definitions turns it into a synonym of equality, but there’s obviously a huge difference.
Rekurzion
February 13, 2021 at 10:54 am
Unsubscribing from TED. Been waiting for years to hear something consistently valuable but it’s turned into… america. Hollow words and missed points.
Different
February 13, 2021 at 10:56 am
my highschool was a tiny af school for 100 kids, no restaurant/canteen, no computers, nothing. Except an outside basketball court. Her ideas sound like science fiction to me
Neil Johnson
February 13, 2021 at 12:36 pm
Lol, so virtuous and full of compassion yet despite children being the least likely demographic to suffer during the “epidemic” and practically guaranteed to survive if ever infected we are all meant to applaud you for managing to overcome the daunting task of turning on a webcam and speak into it while on conference mode?
Despite already enjoying 2 months a year completely free from work compared to everyone else in the country and a six hour day not twelve hours like the average Joe you still want us to applaud how dedicated and steadfastly resolute you all are when, from what I have seen in the media recently, your Union has basically refused to order you back to work despite it being an occupational hazard of working as a teacher in public schools that working with 20+ kids in a classroom puts you in a miniscule amount of extra “risk”. Nurses and doctors understand that their occupation is obviously going to mean increased risk if a pandemic should break out, why don’t teachers?
I cannot see a single reason why we should heap praise on you for refusing to do your job citing a near non-existent threat of what essentially boils down to strong case of the flu should you ever become infected.
Do your job and get back to work, you have no idea what hard work is compared to the average working class family.
Gary Liseo Jr
February 13, 2021 at 12:43 pm
As a teacher I could not agree more. This is why I have been adapting my teaching methods for what my students seem to need. There is more emphasis on how students feel than learning from a book in my classroom.
Type_Masterx / InvisibleType
February 13, 2021 at 11:04 pm
Thank you!!
James Kulevich
February 13, 2021 at 2:47 pm
None of it worked: business & school shutdowns, face masks, social distancing. The masks were meant to “slow down” the spread, nothing more. People’s life were destroyed because politicians shouldn’t be telling us how to get passed this. And, ultimately, no one is getting the virus twice. This is a one time deal like mumps, measles & chicken pox. People: do your homework and investigate the truth!!
Georgian Danciu
February 13, 2021 at 4:23 pm
like for online exams !!
Dexter Dexenter
February 13, 2021 at 4:23 pm
like for online exams !!
Denise P. Cazares
February 13, 2021 at 6:17 pm
As a product of the Chicago public schools I cannot agree more. The broken CPS system is the reason why I have chosen to unschool my son from birth.
Tony Lombardo
February 13, 2021 at 8:54 pm
Defund public education
This Epic Life
February 13, 2021 at 11:18 pm
Virtually everyone I know has to work through this. We don’t have the luxury of staying home. We are doing our job and not making excuses. The teacher-unions are being ridiculous, and ignoring the actual science. They need to get off their lazy arses and do their jobs!
“Teachers can’t wait to get back in the classrooms.”
LOL yeah, RIGHT.
As for equity in Chicago… some of the most literate people in history came out of single-classroom schools, armed with nothing but a slate and some chalk. Meanwhile, here’s Chicago with a 30% illiteracy rate, saying they need more money. Teach these students to READ and then come making your demands for better technology. I taught my kids to read in a few weeks, with nothing but $40 worth of books.
Get back to work. It’s shameful.
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Cletus Bauls
February 14, 2021 at 12:10 am
Looking at this woman; she’s into freaky things she ‘teaches’!!
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February 14, 2021 at 2:15 am
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wallpello ಠ_ಠ
February 14, 2021 at 2:18 am
The US is 125th in the world in our literacy rate, how about at least do your job well before you try to solve the housing crisis….
Justine
February 16, 2021 at 3:39 pm
Housing and food security, healthcare (including mental health) and childcare, as well as focusing on equity are the foundation to being a country that values families. Fact: people can’t learn when they are food and home insecure. The brain can only focus on survival. When these issues are addressed, then real learning can happen. When countries value families over corporations, then you’ll see a real change in our education system. That’s the issue with the US – people are not valued as humans but only as commodities.
wallpello ಠ_ಠ
February 16, 2021 at 3:46 pm
@Justine wait so in the 124 other countries in the world that have better literacy rate are food or housing insecurity worse than the us…I’m not sure you have really thought through your argument. Do I need to list some of these countries for you?
Ilove Potatoes Forever
February 14, 2021 at 2:43 am
Housing?
Sk Fahad Fardin
February 14, 2021 at 4:28 am
Which 4 ways?
Jason Davis Jr
February 14, 2021 at 5:23 am
Someone had to say it. Fellow Chicagoan.
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February 14, 2021 at 5:40 am
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February 14, 2021 at 7:10 am
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Pinkmonster2020
February 14, 2021 at 10:37 am
im not from the us. but i loooove homeschool so much. my country is almost as normal now and I miss homeschoole so much. normal school is sooo exhausting. i want to drop out but then I don’t get my job. it should be an option to have homeschool all the time if u want. we don’t have that in my country
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February 14, 2021 at 5:30 pm
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Play Google
February 17, 2021 at 11:23 pm
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February 19, 2021 at 3:57 am
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Bread Fan
February 14, 2021 at 10:07 pm
My condolences to the rational people of the United States, who have to fight for things most developed countries take for granted. If you don’t understand that education is the foundation of the economy, as well as the foundation of democracy, you are doomed.
I can’t help but laugh at the fact that I’m considered conservative where I live, and I’d be called a communist in the US for thinking that providing the best possible education for everyone is in everyone’s best interest.
Gia Hân Nguyễn Hoàng
February 15, 2021 at 8:06 am
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February 16, 2021 at 1:29 pm
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Freedom Lovin'
February 15, 2021 at 1:48 pm
All great ideas, but…the root of the issue is not being struck. The problem started when government took over education over 100 years ago. We don’t need to improve the current system, we need new, decentralized methods that allow for individual differences in learning and choice. Centralized, government-run education is antiquated, time to evolve past it.
XxKittKattxX12
February 15, 2021 at 3:52 pm
Here’s an idea, let “the money” follow the kid. If schools continue to fail our kids, they should fail to continue to get the money. Really….eliminate the tests? Because that’s how teachers are evaluated too…there are different ways to examine learning, but do people really want doctors that are afraid of testing because primary education did not prepare them? Yes, the stakes are EXTREMELY high! We cannot allow our kids to be failed, AGAIN!!
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February 17, 2021 at 11:44 pm
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February 17, 2021 at 11:19 am
Oh, oh, that just hit me. I didn’t think about the fact that it’s a more than likely that any given child knew someone who died of Covid.
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February 17, 2021 at 12:29 pm
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smileyeagle1021
February 17, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Pretty much all of this could be achieved very quickly with school choice. Small and independent schools, unchained by decades of failed bureaucracy can pivot to meet changing needs much quicker than the status quo. Even if it isn’t vouchers for private schools or public charters, moving control to the school level and allowing parents direct say in the school (by virtue of choosing which school works best for their family) will bring about reform faster than any good intentioned effort by the same organizations that broke the system in the first place.
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February 17, 2021 at 7:04 pm
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Play Google
February 17, 2021 at 11:21 pm
Video teaching is the future. Team-made best possible teaching videos.
Play Google
February 17, 2021 at 11:28 pm
Teaching should be in standardized 10 minute modules. Each module can have multiple Youtube videos made by the best teachers.
Current teaching practice is Victorian. Things do not change because it is against vested interests to modernize.