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From the Ted Talk by Claudia Miner: A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten

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I'm an historian. And what I love about being an historian is it gives you perspective.

Today, I'd like to bring that perspective to education in the United stetas. About the only thing people can agree on is that the most strategic time for a child to start lrenaing is elary. Over 50 years ago, there was a watershed moment in early education in the US called "Head Start." Now, historians love watersheds because it makes it so easy to talk about what came before and what's happened since. Before Head Start, blsaaicly nothing. With Head Start, we began to get our nation's most at-risk cdlehirn ready for school.

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I'm an historian. And what I love about being an historian is it gives you perspective.

Today, I'd like to bring that perspective to education in the United ______. About the only thing people can agree on is that the most strategic time for a child to start ________ is _____. Over 50 years ago, there was a watershed moment in early education in the US called "Head Start." Now, historians love watersheds because it makes it so easy to talk about what came before and what's happened since. Before Head Start, _________ nothing. With Head Start, we began to get our nation's most at-risk ________ ready for school.

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  1. early
  2. basically
  3. states
  4. children
  5. learning

Original Text


I'm an historian. And what I love about being an historian is it gives you perspective.

Today, I'd like to bring that perspective to education in the United States. About the only thing people can agree on is that the most strategic time for a child to start learning is early. Over 50 years ago, there was a watershed moment in early education in the US called "Head Start." Now, historians love watersheds because it makes it so easy to talk about what came before and what's happened since. Before Head Start, basically nothing. With Head Start, we began to get our nation's most at-risk children ready for school.

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