Today’s guest is Nikhil Goyal, a 19-year old education crusader and author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School and another upcoming book on learning, SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Doubleday/Random House, Feb 2016). During our conversation, you will learn which new learning trend excites him the most, and what he feels is the major problem with conventional education. Nikhil also shares some practical and easy ways all of us can take part in the education revolution. Goyal has appeared on MSNBC and FOX and written for the New York Times, MSNBC, The Nation, and other publications. He has also spoken at Google, MIT, Yale, Stanford, University of Cambridge, and others. In 2013, Goyal was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He is also a recipient of the 2013 Freedom Flame Award. He lives in New York.
Twitter: @nikhilgoya_l
Resources mentioned during the interview:
Peter Gray’s book: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
Ken Robinson’s book: Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education
The documentary film: Race to Nowhere: Transforming Education from the Ground Up
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