good evening, and welcome to ted talks: education. we are so excited to have a packed theater here at town hall in new york city. that s right. yes. and a special welcome to those watching on pbs. i would say we wish you were here, but that would make it really uncomfortable, crowded, and new york city rents are high enough, so why don t we both enjoy from where we are. tonight we will be examining how we teach, marveling at how we learn, and celebrating the time-honored tradition of educating the next generation. the speaker we re about to bring to the stage used to work for a hedge fund. then to help tutor his cousin, he started uploading math lessons to youtube. in true entrepreneurial spirit, he turned these one-on-one lessons and grew them into the khan academy, delivering over 380 million lessons in over 36 languages all across the world. ladies and gentlemen, please, put your hands together for sal khan. [cheering and applause] i-i m here today to talk about two idea
good evening, and welcome to ted talks: education. we are so excited to have a packed theater here at town hall in new york city. that s right. yes. and a special welcome to those watching on pbs. i would say we wish you were here, but that would make it really uncomfortable, crowded, and new york city rents are high enough, so why don t we both enjoy from where we are. tonight we will be examining how we teach, marveling at how we learn, and celebrating the time-honored tradition of educating the next generation. the speaker we re about to bring to the stage used to work for a hedge fund. then to help tutor his cousin, he started uploading math lessons to youtube. in true entrepreneurial spirit, he turned these one-on-one lessons and grew them into the khan academy, delivering over 380 million lessons in over 36 languages all across the world. ladies and gentlemen, please, put your hands together for sal khan. [cheering and applause] i-i m here today to talk about two idea
The husband of a Queens school chief is being paid tens of thousands in taxpayer dollars to provide a mentoring program for boys that includes the purchase of flashy $650 suits, The Post has learned.
The husband of a Queens school chief is being paid tens of thousands in taxpayer dollars to provide a mentoring program for boys that includes the purchase of flashy $650 suits, The Post has learned.
In the United States and Canada, February is Black History Month, a tradition that began in 1926 and seeks to commemorate important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. A good occasion for US Chess National Master and renowned coach Jerald Times to draw attention to the growing number of successful black chess players and the history of black chess players in the United States. | Photo: Rochelle Ballantyne | Source: <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAAfLLy0VEs">YouTube, Stanford 125, Rochelle Ballantyne</a>