The League of Women Voters of New Castle County invites you to our monthly TED Discussion, Saturday May 16th. We will meet via zoom web conference this month. Pre-registration is required; the meeting link will be sent by email when you register.

The meeting format is to watch the TED Talk and then discuss the "Ideas Worth Sharing." Contact Kay Palmer with any questions.

May Topic

The May TED Talk is more of a call to action than necessarily a solution to the challenges in our public education system. Presenter, Dr. Anindya Kundu, in his talk, The ‘Opportunity Gap’ In US Public Education – And How To Close It, “invites us to take a deeper look at the personal, social and institutional challenges that keep students from thriving in the United States”. From his perspective, Dr. Kundu believes that in closing what he calls the ‘opportunity gap’ that public education would be valued for being “the greatest investment in our collective future. The call to action then becomes what would it take for us to regain pride in the public education system such that a child’s future is not determined by their birth but rather by the opportunities afforded them through their public education.

Dr. Anindya Kundu is the author of The Power of Student Agency: Looking Beyond Grit to Close the Opportunity Gap. As a sociologist Dr. Kundu, studies the concepts of agency and human potential. In this capacity he “examines the social contexts, educational systems, and opportunity structures that create positive change in people's lives”. Dr. Kundu is a senior fellow at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. He has taught at New York University where he has received a school-wide Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Kundu has appeared on NPR Education, MSNBC and Huffington Post.

Join us at our LWVNCC TED viewings to engage in genuine small-group dialogue on important societal issues. Mark this on your calendar - recurring from 1 to 3 pm on the third Saturday of each month.