Charles Leadbeater: Education and innovation in the slums

In places like the favelas of Rio or the slums of Kiber, a traditional curriculum (even if it were available), simply doesn’t cut it.

Charles Leadbeater argues that in place like this, education must be relevant and intrinsically interesting in order for it to reach kids.

“Education needs to work by pull- not push,” he explains, in his straightforward and inspirational Ted Talk about innovation and education in poor areas.  “…the challenges of education in a place like this are not to learn the kings and queens of Kenya or Britain. They are to stay alive, to earn a living, to not become HIV positive.”

We share with you this talk, which shows how innovation can spring from necessity, and how it is changing education for the better in the most unlikely of places.

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