Positive Peer Pressure in Schools | Leyla Bravo-Willey | TEDxTeachersCollege

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Can peer pressure work to enhance academic and socio-emotional skills? Leyla Bravo-Willey asks this question at TEDxTeachersCollege 2014. She shares how the implementation of "Trust Circles" in Harlem middle schools has allowed for the constructive use of peer pressure.

Leyla Bravo-Willey has fashioned a career out of transforming the classroom environment. As a Teach for America corps member her South Bronx classroom was featured by NBC news; in 2012 Bravo-Willey was again profiled by NBC in Education Nation: Teacher Town Hall with Brian Williams. Bravo-Willey has focused on character education, something she has honed as both a teacher and a dean of students. Bravo-Willey is most widely known for her work with KIPP Circles and its partnership with Angela Duckworth's Character Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.

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