User: TheMovieJam | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am In the post-war, pre-Beatles London suburbs, a bright schoolgirl is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the rather more exciting alternative offered to her by a charismatic older man. Written by Nick Hornby, the writer behind High Fidelity and About A Boy:
User: prestondave | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am MJ mcdermott is speaking about the current state of math education, as a private citizen . KCPQ does not endorse this video. Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth
User: ew | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am Buzzed-about star on reactions to her film, in which a 16-year-old schoolgirl falls for a man in his early 30s
User: shareski | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am This video was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics from "flat world" thinking. Used with permission
User: Current | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen critics to review "An Education." For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: rottentomatoesshow.com For more about movies from Current current.com
User: MongrelTrailers | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am A film by Lone Scherfig starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, and Emma Thompson Jenny is a bright young girl on the cusp of her 17th birthday who finds herself in a whirlwind romance with a much older David. Prior to meeting David, Jenny was trying to excel in her life by going to a prep school to get into Oxford. Once she sees the lifestyle David can provide, one she never imagined might so easily be hers, she is hooked and thoughts of Oxford go out the window. Then, when things are looking pretty good for Jenny...
User: TEDtalksDirector | November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am www.ted.com Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and tedtalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10...
