Summary: <p><span id="internal-source-marker_0.17326120743954754" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;">We know getting a good education is important, but does the current model nurture real learning? Three TED speakers share </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none;">powerful ideas about how to change the education for the better. Teachers are flipping classrooms, rethinking lesson plans, and re-imagining the role of teacher and student, learner and educator. Sir Ken Robinson says the standardization of schools squashes creativity — and ultimately hurts our communities. Salman Khan of the Khan Academy explains how video lectures can help kids master subjects, not just muddle through them. And public school teacher John Hunter says his 4th graders have solved global warming — on several occasions. </span></p>
