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Succeeding at Education with Ted Dintersmith<\/h2>\n

“What if the purpose of education is purpose?… \u00a0Kids should leave school with a sense of purpose.” –Ted Dintersmith<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    Why would an entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist zoom in on education?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    How serious are the educational challenges we face in the US?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Is there a simple path forward to creating a better education for every student?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    My guest today is Ted Dintersmith<\/strong>, noted venture capitalist, author, and executive producer of the Sundance-acclaimed education documentary, \u201cMost Likely to Succeed.\u201d \u00a0Ted believes that with the best of intentions, we\u2019re ruining the futures of our kids, and our country. He says we stubbornly cling to an obsolete education model that prepares kids for assembly line jobs that no longer exist and that failed policies have turned school into a dreary regime of testing and accountability. Worse, \u00a0he believes that even our best students learn little, as so many lose curiosity, creativity, intrinsic motivation, and sense of purpose. \u00a0Ted is fresh off a 50-state tour of schools and communities with his film, throughout which he has also seen the very best of learning experiences which have provided for Ted an inspiring vision of how schools can launch kids into lives of competence and purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    There are lots of opinions about how and why we should change the education in the US. If you only take one point away from today’s show, consider this. What would happen if suddenly tomorrow we told every teacher in the country, “We trust you to turn our kids into curious, thoughtful, productive humans”?<\/p>\n

    Parents AND students both tell us, “We can’t believe how much learning happened in just 4 days!”<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Ted Dintersmith<\/strong> is a\u00a0father of two young adults, and concerned about the world\u2019s future. He is\u00a0retired from his\u00a0venture firm Charles River Ventures<\/a>, a top-tier early-stage venture firm, and now focuses his\u00a0time, energy, and money on high-potential education-related initiatives. \u00a0He spent the fall of 2012 in New York City, selected by the President to serve as part of the delegation representing the United States at the United Nations General Assembly, where he focused on education and entrepreneurship. \u00a0Now, he is traveling way more than he ever did when he was active in venture capital.<\/p>\n

Some four years ago, he started working on several initiatives dealing with the collision of innovation with our education system. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what he has accomplished so far.
Mr. Dintersmith organized and funded a feature-length documentary on education that was directed by Greg Whiteley and his amazing team \u2014Most Likely to Succeed<\/a>. The film premiered at Sundance in January and has had an amazing run since. \u00a0It\u2019s been a featured selection at more than twenty major film festivals, has been the opening night film for a half-dozen top conferences on education, and was part of a reception in November, 2015, setting up the White House Summit on Next Generation High Schools. They have\u00a0an innovative distribution model for the film, encouraging schools to show the film to their community. They get hundreds of requests each week. Here\u2019s how you can bring it to your school<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"dintersmith04\"Mr. Dintersmith\u00a0co-authored a book<\/a> on education with Tony Wagner, which was released on August 18th to strong critical acclaim. \u00a0Check out this Chicago Tribune review<\/a> and order a copy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0recently gave a TEDx Talk<\/a> in Fargo, North Dakota, to an audience of 1,700.<\/p>\n

He has\u00a0written several articles which have gotten lots of traction. Love the way social media can give an article real reach. The best include:<\/p>\n

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\"\"“What if the purpose of education is purpose? \u00a0Wouldn’t it be interesting if we said we should be using these precious years when children are in school to help them understand that they have skills and talents and passion and perseverance to making their world better in ways they define through vehicles they create. \u00a0Really what we should accomplish with our kids is they leave school with a sense of purpose.” –Ted Dintersmith<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“What if the purpose of education is purpose?… Kids should leave school with a sense of purpose.” –Ted Dintersmith<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“I have lived in startups that failed, and failure isn’t great. You learn from it, but if you told me that I could either succeed or fail, I’ll take success every time. What is really debilitating is the fear of failure. What you find with people who do really well in the world of innovation is that failure doesn’t worry them. They say, ‘if setbacks occur I’ll figure my way out of it.'” –Ted Dintersmith<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.\u00a0–John W. Gardner<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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