{"id":10,"date":"2013-04-01T19:16:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/captain.bri\/mu\/ted-talks-education\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2013-09-26T10:39:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T14:39:49","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/ted-talks-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>TED Talks Education<\/em> congratulates its speaker Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth, who was named a 2013 MacArthur Fellow on September 25, 2013, for &#8220;transforming our understanding of the roles that grit and self-control play in educational achievement.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Public television and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/ted-talks-education\/about\/#TED\">TED<\/a>,\u00a0the non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading,\u00a0share a deep commitment to addressing the high school dropout crisis. 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