More than test scores or good grades — what do kids need to prepare them for the future? On our 150th TED Radio Hour, guest host Manoush Zomorodi and TED speakers explore how to help children grow into better humans, in and out of the classroom.

After months of struggling with one particularly challenging elementary school student, principal Olympia Della Flora realized it was the classroom setting that needed to change ... not the child.

 

When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one -- and start a conversation.

 

Many students feel unrelenting pressure to be ... perfect. Social psychologist Thomas Curran warns that striving for perfectionism isn't just impossible -- it's also dangerous to children's health.

Novelist Jacqueline Woodson  is a slow reader. Taking her time lets her savor each word, it brings her closer to each story, and it lets her pay respect to her ancestors who weren't allowed to read.