Education Everywhere: A night of talks about the future of learning, in partnership with TED-Ed
The event: TED Salon: Education Everywhere, curated by Cloe Shasha, TED’s director of speaker development; Stephanie Lo, director of programs for TED-Ed; and Logan Smalley, director of TED-Ed
Jarrell Daniels speaks at TEDSalon: Education Everywhere, January 24, 2019 at the TED World Theater, New York, NY. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED
Jarrell E. Daniels, criminal justice activist and Columbia University Justice-In-Education Scholar
- Big idea: Collaborative education can help us create more justice.
- How: A few weeks before his release from state prison, Daniels took a unique course called Inside Criminal Justice, where he learned in a classroom alongside prosecutors and police officers, people he couldn’t imagine having anything in common with. In class, Daniels connected with and told his story to those in power — and has since found a way to make an impact on the criminal justice system through the power of conversation.
- Quote of the talk: “It is through education that we will arrive at a truth that is inclusive and unites us all in a pursuit of justice.”