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The Future of Education: We Live in a Social World

By Kenneth Robinson — 2016

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.

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An Expert’s View: Sir Ken Robinson

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Kenneth Robinson
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Jarvis Brookfield on His Psychedelic Paintings, Dream-Like States and What It Means to Be Human

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How to Innovate Like a Startup

To stay on top, you must reframe your company’s struggle and articulate your vision.

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Simon Sinek
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Stories for the Journey

What might have been a chilly and confusing morning drive to school for father and children has instead been an opportunity to weave an astonishingly intimate fabric of heart and imagination.

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How Instagram Saved Poetry

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adrienne maree brown on Creating the Future

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Alice Grandoit
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Sonia Sanchez Speaks Truth to Power, Poetically [Interview]

A formalist with wide poetic range, Sanchez’s vast body of work includes poems that delve into themes that resonate with those who’ve known isolation’s dance.

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Penny Dickerson
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