Empowering Children through Urban Education: Christopher Emdin at TEDxColumbiaSIPA

CHRISTOPHER EMDIN is an assistant professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he serves as director of Secondary School Initiatives at the Urban Science Education Center. He writes the provocative "Emdin 5" series on contemporary social issues for The Huffington Post. He is the author of the recently released book Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation. Emdin holds a PhD in urban education with a concentration in mathematics, science, and technology; master's degrees in both natural sciences and education administration; and bachelor's degrees in physical anthropology, biology, and chemistry.
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[@SiiMaRr]

When you stop feeling the pain then you are dead. A great message by this talk.

[@donnaappleget3489]

I met Chris today....truly blessed individual...keep on fighting the good fight

[@intrealestate]

I love what Professor Emdin said about pain; children are being numbed of feeling pain which allows them not to fight for a better life. Examples of urban children painkillers are:
poor/lack of education, self destructive music, sports lottery, and Christianity taught to wrong, just to name a few.

[@Ariela231]

wow this is powerful

[@va.barbados8675]

Powerful!

[@Ariela231]

Thank you for your work!

[@visions4L]

Great nuggests Mr. Emdin. I will be emailing you at the college.

[@runtianwu8646]

One of the best videos on RUclips

[@BrandonZoras]

amazing video! Chris Emdin knows what is going on in the communities and what should be done in the classroom!

[@Naseehah_I]

♡♡♡♡

[@lennyblac1]

I think urban schools should take the top 10% of the students from 5th grade and make a separate middle school and high school. I think this separate school school should be by demographic if the community is 40% white, 30% black and 30% Hispanic the school should have the same demographic. The people of the community are capable of solving their own problems and being leaders of their own communities they just have to be given the opportunity to do so.

[@sambass8556]

Lennon Comrie I used to think of similar ideas but then I realized this just forgets about the other 90%. These communities are always forgotten about and we need to do something to help out these entire communities and not just a few people who “deserve” the help as some might say because they all deserve fair access to resources.

[@kevinfoster2163]

What a grifter. This guy wouldn’t last a day in a classroom in “the hood”