Why open a school? To close a prison | Nadia Lopez 

Dr. Lopez is one of my favorite people ever. She is truly an inspiration and has everyone’s best interest at heart. She taught at my school which was an all girls school before she taught at Mott Hall and she has been in my life ever since. She believes in me even when I don’t believe in myself. Truly an inspiration 💜

She's not saying it's wrong to work at a fast food restaurant, she's saying it's sad to have that as a goal as a young person.

She's doing something much greater than the trash school system most of us endure. She's inspiring.

One of my favourite TED talks

This is Nadia Lopez who was discovered from "Humans of New York" She's amazing!

I love a passionate speaker.

Fantastic! Amazing. I'm an English teacher for kids in Brazil and I beleive this: our future is inside of school. Less prisons, more schools!

I was able to meet with her via zoom - a true inspiration and visionary. I pray that we can sync and keep her momentum moving down to Miami! Shalom, Dr. Lopez!

Awesome story, awesome talk. Inspiring.

it's truly heartbreaking to see the comment section. she is talking about the need of QUALITY education, not lousy educations that does not instill our children with proper values and critical thinking, which often are the things that lead you to prison if you lack them. Of course, the private prison systems, mandatory minimums, racial tension and police accountability issue in America are infamously known all over the world(I'm from Hong Kong and I love America, but it pains me to see the news about America is always about race-fueled gun shots) and indeed, these are huge causes to the crime rate. However, there's no denial of the fact that low quality edcation would lead to increase in crime. It's about rooting out the causes of the problem while dealing with the current impacts, which are both important.

LOVE this talk! Videos like the above inspires me to enter the Education field.

There is power in caring, cooperation, and connection.

Yesterday was officially Nadia Lopez day. REALLY! She came and visited our school today and it was so amazing. I sat in the second row ;)

Great delivery. Empathy is the key to evolution of our society. It's sad to read some of the prejudiced comments below. I hope those people can open their hearts and minds and evolve themselves.

She is doing an amazing job. I believe in the power of education. Keep up the great work Dr. Lopez.

This was incredible! I'm so proud of her!!😃😄

People like her are inspiring to me!

This is who everyone else needs to be more like! I’m getting tired of all the negative people just pointing fingers and complaining about this and that and the other people over there who must be like whatever! It doesn’t end! Ever! The world needs to stop complaining and suggest ways on how we can make things better vs. I’m better than you and everything is everyone else’s fault... except for when something great happens, taking the credit for whatever makes them look good! Nadia Lopez is the kind of person who we need to run for President! ✊🏼

Children must enter school in order to get out of crime. It was a very dangerous and traffic zone, where it created a constant danger of violence. They encountered several difficulties that could make the dream of opening the school impossible. Although he faced many problems, he dedicated himself to realizing his dream. So she was able to open her school, and today she helps needy children with low income.

I believe God lead me to you. So inspiring, thank you so much!

Congratulations and claps for you!!! Thank you for make difference in life that people's. (Sorry my bad english, because i will learning, i from Brazil).

Wherever a school opens a prison closes. Very true.

I can't believe what she told in that video. She's inspiring.

Why would you dislike this? Get a life

Just making sure we are clear about this. The saying open a school, close a prison was coined by Victor Hugo. By this Victor meant people who are not educated miss out on a lot in life. It was not referencing the prison industrial complex. The number of prisons and prisoners in the United States started to explode around the 1970s. in 1950 34% of the population had high school diplomas, in 1970 around 50%, now over 80% of the population has a diploma, these numbers have no correlation, and certainly no causation with the number of prisons or prisoners in the United States. The explosion in prisons and prisoners in the United States is the result of criminalising the activities of poor and black Americans. if you want to close prisons start by decriminalising being poor and black in America!

Full of inspiration.

I need learn English, so I will watch video of you and I like it. Great video:)

Education and knowledge is the answer to almost all problems on the planet. However some people think they can solve conflict with conflict, even parents raise their kids with conflict and force. This woman gives me hope though.

excellent work you are doing. very inspirational. keep it up

I'm doing my part! love this.

Thank you sis. Education needs to be the only option.

finally someone who knows how to implement education on the ground level. a woman working on the frontline indeed! Well done lady. Definitely more people like you are required but sadly policies made by technocrats, many of whom have never set foot in a classroom, prevent shuch bold steps to be taken by educators. They continue to believe that policy by itself will solve the problems of the education systems globally. They fail to acknowledge that teachers are creative people who must personally want their students to succeed in order to improve student performance. Teacher efficacy has been found to be the determing factor in student performance more than resources, policy, etc. I have taught for more than 20yrs in the Caribbean and now in the UK and I continue to see the same gaps in both systems. Some gaps are larger than others especially in systems where policy condemns good communication between teacher/student. Its time to get serious about educating children who have been undermined by a system made to keep the rich rich, and the poor poor. Needless to say I love this presentation! Great work! Great Work! I applaud you and your team and your students!

Ms. Lopez Is amazing

If we close down prisons where would kids finish their education.

Thank you Nadia

devo ser um dos poucos brasileiros a ver o TED.muito boa esta iniciativa,é algo q há é conhecido e bem simples mas por algum motivo não faz parte de nossa realidade

Who makes our future are ourselves,be a great educations or any professional of our area.Brooklyn a small neighborhood of the US. Wher poverty traffic and, gangs dominats everything,children,teens all living in the same space. It is' notable that to change that would need a lot of effort,and someone got. In Brooklyn,warrior woman faced several problems building a school to ensure the future of several children. She was very hardworking,because she woud't be anyone who could face problems how:find teacher,technical resources,Counting Partnerships and Chat with Gangs. After all,the difficulties faced,she did not give up sanover and concluided her project which was the construction of the school.

Woman talking about investing in public works, while closing down for-profit prisons? BRACE YOURSELVES, PEOPLE! This comments' section is at DEFCON 1!

Why would the government do that though, when they, and some private organisations, gain soooo much more money from filling up prisons than schools.

We need more great inspiring minds like you,Nadia! ;)

She's amazing

are you saying working at a fast food restaurant is a bad thing?

Great video!

Wow, if only the government would invest this much of their time and money in education.

Amazing talk!

I'm writing-in this woman for President!

There is a huge difference between school and education!

great talk

Please keep her in your prayers .. She is currently sick and hasnt been at the school all semester ..

The gener inequality is something very hard of handle, but the women are more and more strive for equality. For them to achieve their rights don't just depend on them, but also men. The fight against that inequality is related with human rights. Because they are despised, and they can't enter any employer. Women should work where you want be in an office or in a mechanic.

Why was this re-uploaded?

Love this. I'm gonna open a school!

Wow!

I desperately want to open a school but have no funds. how can i get started?

hi i started a school here in Namibia too, but it doesn't have enough chairs, tables and no projector at all. may you help me the old facilities if you have some?

Be teacher , sometimes go beyond of the school. Many times we don't give the real worth that them deserve, while they do all for we. The violence and the poverty, are two thinks that are intertwined, that way children and youngs how Teddy, had difficulties of learning and don't had someone to inspire himself, beyond of the their educators. It's unacceptable imagine that, for open a school, want inprove a community, a director, needed request permission for gangs, beyond of have that deal with children below of the rate, lack's teacher and technology. The only solution for a best world is invest in schools and no in prisons or in firearms.

Brilliant idea. But some prisons have transformed into a school

This is exactly what I’m doing

Why open a school? To open a prison.

competitive high schools?

Nadia Lopez is a director,teacher or inspector?

GREAT MAM

do you remember *hereInMyGarage* guy?

Did anyone notice the check next to the channel name?

Robots are the future. Our kids better hope that Universal Basic Income is implemented before the labor participation rate drops to 10%.

What's wrong with working in fast food?

Keeping a child confined and denying them freedoms IS PRISON! When will enough people realise that?

The great title brought me here

what if we combined them and have a .. prison school!

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Why life-long career at a fast food restaurant is not acceptable???

School were build by industrialist to have workforce ready whenever they needed, but what happen to all those school or so called grading system where one study to pass exam score high. How come we don't have people like Einstein, the reason is this grading system and money making machines killing our younger generation ability, they stay within the box unable to explore out of the box. Today unemployment is continuously growing, people with high grades, having degrees from well known colleges and universities they don't have work and it will be worst in next five years. We do not need schooling system anymore because that's not only killing the ability of our children also making our parents to work even more harder compare to last 2 decades why because they have to pay for school fees plus need to bear other related expenses which cost fortune. Now days student have more debt to pay compare to credit card holders. We need self thought environment where our parents don't teach us how to hammer the nail but they would say here is nail and hammer create whatever you would like to.

But if you don't have many prisons, and have many people who are educated, you will have a lot more people on the job market who are underemployed, or unemployed, but are educated and know why they are underemployed and/or unemployed... They understand that the current economic and political paradigm is designed to siphon capital to just a few families. If we did that, the current political system will not survive... All I can say is good luck lady, you are fighting a good fight...

nice title.

I just can't understand why 69 people disliked this¡

She has good intentions but telling kids what to learn is not the way learning works. You have to trust them to guide their own learning and not impose on them what you think they should learn.

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THIS is why people aren't standing for the national anthem. There's no excuse for this. The United States of America is pathetic and frankly I'm embarrassed to be apart of this country.

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Has anybody ever thought that schools are not the right place to wage a culture war? Has anybody ever thought it might be a good idea to deal with the problems around students as opposed to trying to make schools respond to those problems? Has anybody ever given any thought to the root cause of poor schools and communities? I will never understand why every other video we get a person crying out for additional funds, or another school to solve a problem thats community based! Family planning and parenting could solve 80% of these problems. Has anybody every wonder why we can't have these same "outcomes" at any elementary/middle school in the district? Ill tell you why, because the chlldren that attend her middle school have adults who want their children to have a better chance, so they get up and sign the child up. If public school required the same level of accountability and support from parents that charters and private schools did, than most of these problems would go away! I get so irritated by people who play the same violin that is supposed to tug at your heart for all of the underserved children. What would happen if we switched from expending energy feeling sorry for these children and started feeling anger at parents who produce children, and then lack the time or care that would have them sign their children up for charter school! It is time out for another charter school. It is time IN for PARENTING! Parenting does not start the day the child is born, it starts the day you put a condom on, and choose to wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have to watch this for school....... this is so f****** boring......

Blah... Don't waste your time on this one. Seven minutes of fluff. Seven minutes of this girl tooting her own horn.

Children must enter school in order to get out of crime. It was a very dangerous and traffic zone, where it created a constant danger of violence. They encountered several difficulties that could make the dream of opening the school impossible. Although he faced many problems, he dedicated himself to realizing his dream. So she was able to open her school, and today she helps needy children with low income.