If you are looking for more resources on education, some inspiration or just want to keep exploring, look below for great TED talks and videos, interesting books and online resources.
I. Videos
These are all amazing videos under 20 minutes. Great for watching and sharing and discussing and inspiring and laughing.
1.) Ken Robinson's TED talks: http://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson.html
2.) Dan Pink's Motivation TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
3.) Shawn Achors Happiness TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html
4.) Angela Duckworth about the power of Grit TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html
5.) Ramsey Musallam 3 rules to spark learning TED talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning.html
6.) Sugata Mitra - The Computer in the Wall experiment guy http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html
6.) Benjamin Zander on Classical music and inspiration: http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.htm
7.) Will Richardson on education from TEDx NY ED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni75vIE4vdk
8.) Susan Cain's great talk on Introverts from her book Quiet http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html
9.) Judo Math - a great middle school math teaching tool developed by an HTH colleague http://www.judomath.com/judo_math_program.html
1.) Ken Robinson's TED talks: http://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson.html
2.) Dan Pink's Motivation TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
3.) Shawn Achors Happiness TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html
4.) Angela Duckworth about the power of Grit TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html
5.) Ramsey Musallam 3 rules to spark learning TED talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning.html
6.) Sugata Mitra - The Computer in the Wall experiment guy http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html
6.) Benjamin Zander on Classical music and inspiration: http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.htm
7.) Will Richardson on education from TEDx NY ED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni75vIE4vdk
8.) Susan Cain's great talk on Introverts from her book Quiet http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html
9.) Judo Math - a great middle school math teaching tool developed by an HTH colleague http://www.judomath.com/judo_math_program.html
II. Books
Books on the future of Education in general (These are must reads in my opinion.)
1.) Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner
2.) How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
3.) Now You See It by Cathy Davidson
Books on culture, decision making, happiness, and motivation
1.) The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
2.) Mindset by Carol Dweck
3.) To sell is Human by Dan Pink
4.) Decisive by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
5.) Crucial Conversations by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
6.) The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
7.) Drive by Dan Pink
8.) Why we do what we do by Richard Deci
Books on Creativity, Change, and New Ideas
1.) Switch by Dan and Chip Heath
2.) Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson
3.) Out of our Minds by Ken Robinson
4.) The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Books on Willpower, Neuroscience, our societies overestimation of the importance of "talent," our underestimations of the the importance of hard work and practice, and how this clarification can help us empower our students
1.) The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
2.) The Willpower Instinct by Kelly Mcgonical
3.) Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
4.) Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
5.) The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
6.) Nudge by Richard Thaler
7.) Intelligence and How to get it by Richard E. Nisbett
8.) Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Khaneman
9.) The Brain that changes itself by Norman Doige
Books related to Math Learning:
1.) Out of the Labyrinth by Bob Kaplan
2.) How to Teach Mathematics by Steven Krantz
Other Books I'd recommend that have all kinds of relations to learning and school:
Invent To Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager
Rippling by Beverly Schwartz
A New Culture of Learning by John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
World Class Learners by Yong Zhao
Ethic of Excellence by Ron Berger
Quiet by Susan Cain
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele
Why students don’t like school by Daniel Willingham
How Learning Works by Susan Ambrose
Reinventing Discovery by Michael Nielson
Teach like a Champion by Doug Lemov
The Tell Tale Brain by V.S. Ramachandran
How we Decide by Johan Lehrer
Net Smart by Howard Rheingold
Other Readings and resources
Edutopia - Website for great progressive learning. Very useful. http://www.edutopia.org/
Schooling Beyond Measure - a great article on the difficulty of assessment http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/09/19/04kohn_ep.h32.html
Well Duh - another Alfie Kohn article, this time on simple truths that should guide education but don't http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/duh.htm
The D-School Website with instructions on how to use their design protocol http://dschool.stanford.edu/
Yong Zhao's Website - Amazing educator and president of the University of Oregon Education Department - http://zhaolearning.com/
Cathy Davidson's Website - Another amazing educator and professor at Duke University - http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson
Ashoka - Incredible organization centered around changing the world through social entrepreneurship https://www.ashoka.org/
Kurzweil AI - great clearinghouse of futuristic technologies. Great for getting students excited about science http://www.kurzweilai.net/
1.) Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner
2.) How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
3.) Now You See It by Cathy Davidson
Books on culture, decision making, happiness, and motivation
1.) The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
2.) Mindset by Carol Dweck
3.) To sell is Human by Dan Pink
4.) Decisive by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
5.) Crucial Conversations by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
6.) The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
7.) Drive by Dan Pink
8.) Why we do what we do by Richard Deci
Books on Creativity, Change, and New Ideas
1.) Switch by Dan and Chip Heath
2.) Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson
3.) Out of our Minds by Ken Robinson
4.) The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Books on Willpower, Neuroscience, our societies overestimation of the importance of "talent," our underestimations of the the importance of hard work and practice, and how this clarification can help us empower our students
1.) The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
2.) The Willpower Instinct by Kelly Mcgonical
3.) Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
4.) Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
5.) The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
6.) Nudge by Richard Thaler
7.) Intelligence and How to get it by Richard E. Nisbett
8.) Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Khaneman
9.) The Brain that changes itself by Norman Doige
Books related to Math Learning:
1.) Out of the Labyrinth by Bob Kaplan
2.) How to Teach Mathematics by Steven Krantz
Other Books I'd recommend that have all kinds of relations to learning and school:
Invent To Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager
Rippling by Beverly Schwartz
A New Culture of Learning by John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
World Class Learners by Yong Zhao
Ethic of Excellence by Ron Berger
Quiet by Susan Cain
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele
Why students don’t like school by Daniel Willingham
How Learning Works by Susan Ambrose
Reinventing Discovery by Michael Nielson
Teach like a Champion by Doug Lemov
The Tell Tale Brain by V.S. Ramachandran
How we Decide by Johan Lehrer
Net Smart by Howard Rheingold
Other Readings and resources
Edutopia - Website for great progressive learning. Very useful. http://www.edutopia.org/
Schooling Beyond Measure - a great article on the difficulty of assessment http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/09/19/04kohn_ep.h32.html
Well Duh - another Alfie Kohn article, this time on simple truths that should guide education but don't http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/duh.htm
The D-School Website with instructions on how to use their design protocol http://dschool.stanford.edu/
Yong Zhao's Website - Amazing educator and president of the University of Oregon Education Department - http://zhaolearning.com/
Cathy Davidson's Website - Another amazing educator and professor at Duke University - http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson
Ashoka - Incredible organization centered around changing the world through social entrepreneurship https://www.ashoka.org/
Kurzweil AI - great clearinghouse of futuristic technologies. Great for getting students excited about science http://www.kurzweilai.net/