Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School

Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open their own volunteerdriven, wildly creative writing labs. But you don t need to go that far, he reminds us it s as simple as asking a teacher How can I help He asks that we share our own volunteering stories at his new website, Once Upon a School.