ED TALKS

An Innovative Event Designed by Students for All Educators

EdTalks is a student-led summit organized by NEXT Scholars, bringing together current and future educators and community to explore a key theme and innovate new ways of thinking about freedom, liberation, and the transformative possibilities of education.

Students share learning together through interactive and engaging presentations and workshops.

EdTalks students
Student in a mask speaking at the EdTalks summit in 2022

2022 EdTalk
Decolonizing Education

Two students painting

2024 EdTalk
5 on 5: Needs + Senses = Humanizing Education

Professor giving a student an award

2025 EdTalk
Empowered Play: Education the NEXT Scholar Way

“One of the most powerful events I’ve been to! We can change the world!”

“I felt the power of the collective voice that rocked the College of Education consciousness today…”