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Karega Bailey: Growing Roses in Concrete (Seeds of Hope)
In this video from 2016, Karega Bailey, former student mentor at Roses in Concrete school, talks about the importance of disrupting the pervasive narrative of hopelessness in low-income communities.
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VIA Character Strengths Survey and Character Reports
Character strengths are the positive parts of your personality that make you feel authentic and engaged. You possess all 24 character strengths in different degrees, giving you a unique character strengths profile. Discover your greatest qualities an...
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Rehan: Student Leadership in Action
Meet a young leader in India working to make a better future for his community. In this video from 2019, Rehan shares his work to improve education and address pollution in his community, and how his determination spurs him on despite challenges.
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Lower-Primary Student Perceptions Survey
The Student Perception Survey (SPS) instrument consists of a battery of items in the form of observer-reported statements that the respondents affirm using a rating scale. These statements were formulated to map with the observable attributes of thei...
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Change Yourself First - Cambia tú mismo primero
In this video from 2014, Ignacio Brea asks for students’ feedback, discovering solutions to his own challenges and serving as a powerful model for constant learning.
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Brittany Packnett: Inhumane Acts Dehumanise Us All
Paulo Freire wrote that the purpose of education is for the oppressed to liberate themselves and their oppressor. In this video from 2017, a Teach For America alumna and powerful leader of the Black Lives Matter movement discusses her personal experi...
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Critical Minds - More Than a Number
In this video from 2013, Taylor Delhagen (Teach For America, 2006) reflects on the importance of empowering students to critically examine the world around them, rigorously explore values and exercise the perseverance needed to overcome failure.