Out of the more than 70 million displaced people worldwide, only three percent have access to higher education. The Global Education Movement (GEM) is on a mission to change that with the first large-scale initiative of its kind to help refugee learners get bachelor's degrees and create pathways toward employment. Hear from students and the program's executive director, Chrystina Russell, about how GEM's flexible, competency-based model sets graduates up for success and empowerment wherever they are.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/WOe_7gD_wxM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

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A path to higher education and employment for refugees | Chrystina Russell

School can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout -- but there's often no formal policy for students who need to prioritize their well-being. Hailey Hardcastle explains why schools should offer mental health days and allow students time to practice emotional hygiene without stigma. Follow along to learn how she and a team of fellow teens transformed their advocacy into law.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/Jg0rvLjJIsg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Why students should have mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle

"To make a difference in the life of a child ... I made the commitment to tell my personal story," says educator Lisa Godwin. In this moving talk, she shares her experience of overcoming childhood trauma with the quiet, unwavering support of a teacher and school counselor -- and shows how educators can help students and families navigate hardships by sharing their own stories.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/w9Ga7G4azpM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

How teachers can help students navigate trauma | Lisa Godwin

Using low-cost virtual reality, education activist Jessica Ochoa Hendrix helps bring science to life in schools across the US. In this quick talk, she explains how a VR experience she developed invites students to explore underwater ecosystems as if they're marine biologists -- and envision themselves in other careers they might not have otherwise imagined.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/M4USyB35zkU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

How virtual reality turns students into scientists | Jessica Ochoa Hendrix

How can we tap into the potential of all students, especially those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds? Sociologist Anindya Kundu invites us to take a deeper look at the personal, social and institutional challenges that keep students from thriving in the United States -- and shows how closing this "opportunity gap" means valuing public education for what it really is: the greatest investment in our collective future.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/7OzsA-K-HJw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it | Anindya Kundu

How do you fix broken public systems? You spark people's competitive spirit. In a talk about getting people motivated to make change, public sector strategist Abhishek Gopalka discusses how he helped improve the health system of Rajasthan, a state in India home to more than 80 million people, using the powers of transparency and public accountability. "Motivation doesn't just appear," Gopalka says. "Something needs to change to make you care."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/PvoZ0DfqZfg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

How motivation can fix public systems | Abhishek Gopalka

"Girls' education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet to help solve some of the world's most difficult problems," says social entrepreneur Safeena Husain. In a visionary talk, she shares her plan to enroll a staggering 1.6 million girls in school over the next five years -- combining advanced analytics with door-to-door community engagement to create new educational pathways for girls in India. (This ambitious plan is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/VrbTTsrXNs8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

A bold plan to empower 1.6 million out-of-school girls in India | Safeena Husain

Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savored. In a lyrical talk, she invites us to slow down and appreciate stories that take us places we never thought we'd go and introduce us to people we never thought we'd meet. "Isn't that what this is all about -- finding a way, at the end of the day, to not feel alone in this world, and a way to feel like we've changed it before we leave?" she asks.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/LYIYT7CYOLY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

What reading slowly taught me about writing | Jacqueline Woodson

Early education is critical to children's success -- but millions of kids in the United States still don't have access to programs that prepare them to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. Enter the UPSTART Project, a plan to bring early learning into the homes of children in underserved communities, at no cost to families. Education innovator Claudia Miner shares how UPSTART is setting four-year-olds up for success with 15 minutes of learning a day -- and how you can help. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/YCKTBa5Z4T8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten | Claudia Miner

Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?" The post went viral, landing Lindenberger in the middle of a heated debate about vaccination and, ultimately, in front of a US Senate committee. Less than a year later, the high school senior reports back on his unexpected time in the spotlight and a new movement he's leading to fight misinformation and advocate for scientific truth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/pGrwdm7Dap8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | Ethan Lindenberger

Lindsay Amer is the creator of "Queer Kid Stuff," an educational video series that breaks down complex ideas around gender and sexuality through songs and metaphors. By giving kids and their families a vocabulary to express themselves, Amer is helping to create more empathetic adults -- and spreading a message of radical acceptance in a world where it's sometimes dangerous to just be yourself. "I want kids to grow up and into themselves with pride for who they are and who they can be," Amer says.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/TRSs8W_WTnw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality | Lindsay Amer

Reading and writing can be acts of courage that bring us closer to others and ourselves. Author Michelle Kuo shares how teaching reading skills to her students in the Mississippi Delta revealed the bridging power of the written word -- as well as the limitations of its power.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/T47J8B3dymo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The healing power of reading | Michelle Kuo

In the early 1990s, a scandal rocked evolutionary biology: scientists discovered that songbirds -- once thought to be strictly monogamous -- engaged in what's politely called "extra-pair copulation." In this unforgettable biology lesson on animal infidelity, TED Fellow Danielle N. Lee shows how she uses hip-hop to teach science, leading the crowd in an updated version of Naughty by Nature's hit "O.P.P."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/d0BNsSWvwD4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

How hip-hop helps us understand science | Danielle N. Lee

Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely -- and uplift their community along the way. "When you empower a girl, you transform a community," Ntaiya says.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/GxJfoQ728xc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Empower a girl, transform a community | Kakenya Ntaiya

To get young kids to thrive in school, we need to do more than teach them how to read and write -- we need to teach them how to manage their emotions, says educator Olympia Della Flora. In this practical talk, she shares creative tactics she used to help struggling, sometimes disruptive students -- things like stopping for brain breaks, singing songs and even doing yoga poses -- all with her existing budget and resources. "Small changes make huge differences, and it's possible to start right now ... You simply need smarter ways to think about using what you have, where you have it," she says.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTunesPodcastTTEducation/~4/pIoHw7ebWBs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

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