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The danger of silence

The fear invoked by speaking truth to an audience that is resistant to hearing critique can paralyze our efforts to take moral action. In this short TED Talk, high school teacher Clint Smith describes how encouraging his students to “speak your voice” challenged him to do the same.

   Video

   4 minutes

   By: Clint Smith, TED

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators

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Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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