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How to design a school for the future

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Punya Mishra |

TED-Ed Educator Talks

• January 2023

In all the conversations about improving education for children, the voices of students, teachers and community members are often left out. Educational designer Punya Mishra offers a method to shift that paradigm, taking us through new thinking on the root of success (and failure) at school -- and how a totally new, different kind of educational system could better meet students' needs.

In all the conversations about improving education for children, the voices of students, teachers and community members are often left out. Educational designer Punya Mishra offers a method to shift that paradigm, taking us through new thinking on the root of success (and failure) at school -- and how a totally new, different kind of educational system could better meet students' needs.

This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with TED-Ed Educator Talks. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TED Salons.

Listen to Punya Mishra's podcast Silver Lining for Learning for more conversations on the future of learning.

Check out Punya Mishra's other podcast, Learning Futures, for more on the design of better, just and equitable systems of education.

About the speaker

Punya Mishra

Educational designer

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Punya Mishra leads a range of initiatives that provide a future-forward, equity-driven approach to designing educational systems.

Ronald Beghetto | Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 | Book

My Favorite Failure: How Setbacks Can Lead to Learning and Growth

Punya Mishra | punyamishra.com, 2022 | Article

"My favorite(?) failure"

Punya Mishra et al. | Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2020 | Article

"Educational Change by Design: Creating a School of the Future"

Punya Mishra et al. | Information Age Publishing, 2022 | Article

"Complicating design thinking in education: A university-school district partnership to design a school for the future"

About TED Salon

TED Salons welcome an intimate audience for an afternoon or evening of highly-curated TED Talks revolving around a globally relevant theme. A condensed version of a TED flagship conference, they are distinct in their brevity, opportunities for conversation, and heightened interaction between the speaker and audience.

Read more about TED Salons

This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with TED-Ed Educator Talks. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TED Salons.

Listen to Punya Mishra's podcast Silver Lining for Learning for more conversations on the future of learning.

Check out Punya Mishra's other podcast, Learning Futures, for more on the design of better, just and equitable systems of education.