Everyday Leadership - Drew Dudley

We have all changed someone's life -- usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other's lives. (Filmed at TEDxToronto.)

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After- School Should Not Be An Afterthought

After- School should not be an afterthought: Jim Clark at TEDxYouth@SanJuan

Why Students Who Underperform Drop Out of School

In the U.S., one million students leave school early each year. Ray Suarez kicks off American Graduate Week with Victor Rios, Stephanie Krauss and Adam Steltzner, three individuals who know firsthand what it's like to be a high school dropout, but who ultimately turned their lives around and returned to get more education.

Preventing Crime Through Building Self-Worth

A program is working to prevent crime by helping to build self-worth.

Clint Smith: The Danger of Silence

"We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't," says slam poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.

Happy New Year!

"You Are Never Too Old to Set Another Goal or to Dream a New Dream."

-C.S. Lewis