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From the Ted Talk by Kandice Sumner: How America's public schools keep kids in poverty

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Stop being perplexed or confused or budedlfed by the aimehenvect gap, the income gap, the incarceration rates, or whatever siocioeconmoc disparity is the new "it" term for the memnot. The problems we have as a country are the problems we created as a country. The quality of your education is directly proportionate to your access to college, your access to jobs, your acecss to the future.

Until we live in a world where every kid can get a high-quality education no matter where they live, or the color of their skin, there are things we can do on a mrcao lveel. School funding should not be decided by property taxes or some fukny economic eqoiatun where rich kids continue to benefit from state aid, while poor kids are clnuoistonuy having food and resources taken from their mthuos. Governors, senators, mayors, city council members — if we're going to call public education public education, then it should be just that. Otherwise, we should call it what it really is: poverty insurance. "Public education: keeping poor kids poor since 1954."

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Stop being perplexed or confused or _________ by the ___________ gap, the income gap, the incarceration rates, or whatever _____________ disparity is the new "it" term for the ______. The problems we have as a country are the problems we created as a country. The quality of your education is directly proportionate to your access to college, your access to jobs, your ______ to the future.

Until we live in a world where every kid can get a high-quality education no matter where they live, or the color of their skin, there are things we can do on a _____ _____. School funding should not be decided by property taxes or some _____ economic ________ where rich kids continue to benefit from state aid, while poor kids are ____________ having food and resources taken from their ______. Governors, senators, mayors, city council members — if we're going to call public education public education, then it should be just that. Otherwise, we should call it what it really is: poverty insurance. "Public education: keeping poor kids poor since 1954."

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  4. macro
  5. moment
  6. befuddled
  7. level
  8. socioeconomic
  9. mouths
  10. continuously
  11. equation

Original Text


Stop being perplexed or confused or befuddled by the achievement gap, the income gap, the incarceration rates, or whatever socioeconomic disparity is the new "it" term for the moment. The problems we have as a country are the problems we created as a country. The quality of your education is directly proportionate to your access to college, your access to jobs, your access to the future.

Until we live in a world where every kid can get a high-quality education no matter where they live, or the color of their skin, there are things we can do on a macro level. School funding should not be decided by property taxes or some funky economic equation where rich kids continue to benefit from state aid, while poor kids are continuously having food and resources taken from their mouths. Governors, senators, mayors, city council members — if we're going to call public education public education, then it should be just that. Otherwise, we should call it what it really is: poverty insurance. "Public education: keeping poor kids poor since 1954."

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