# My wish: Once Upon a School

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: Dave Eggers
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_eggers_my_wish_once_upon_a_school)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open

## Lectures

1. [My wish: Once Upon a School](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dave_eggers_my_wish_once_upon_a_school/9146a3731871), 25 min (TED's player)