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Preparing students to innovate their futures | Kerstin Warner Rao | TEDxWestportLibrary

768 views · Published 20 November 2014 · 12:37 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Why learn? Why teach? How do we learn? How can we teach? Kerstin Warner Rao describes several journeys that her students have taken while being supported to follow and develop their interests, imaginations and aptitudes.

Kerstin Rao, is a teacher, artist, improv comedian, and a founding member of the Westport Maker Faire Committee. She is also one of 30 international leaders chosen to run an Imagination Chapter -- a pilot program of the Imagination Foundation to encourage children's creativity. Kerstin is a teacher at Bedford Middle School in Westport. She earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Vassar College and a master’s in special education from Bank Street College of Education. Kerstin prepares her students for the 21st AND 22nd centuries!

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