# Help for kids the education system ignores

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Talks Live
- Speaker: Victor Rios
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/victor_rios_help_for_kids_the_education_system_ignores)
- 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)

Define students by what they contribute, not what they lack -- especially those with difficult upbringings, says educator Victor Rios. Interweaved with his personal tale of perseverance as an inner-city youth, Rios identifies three straightforward strategies to shift attitudes in education and calls for fellow educators to see "at-risk" students as "at-promise" individuals brimming with resilience, character and grit.

## Lectures

1. [Help for kids the education system ignores](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/victor_rios_help_for_kids_the_education_system_ignores/f670d40f5f41), 12 min (TED's player)