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From the Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley

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But the dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real beefint from it.

And the reason is not that we're not spending enough money. America spends more money on education than most other countries. csals sizes are smaller than in many countries. And there are hundreds of inieiiattvs every year to try and ioprvme education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to loabr and most sudnetts have to endure.

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But the dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real _______ from it.

And the reason is not that we're not spending enough money. America spends more money on education than most other countries. _____ sizes are smaller than in many countries. And there are hundreds of ___________ every year to try and _______ education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to _____ and most ________ have to endure.

Solution


  1. students
  2. benefit
  3. class
  4. labor
  5. improve
  6. initiatives

Original Text


But the dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.

And the reason is not that we're not spending enough money. America spends more money on education than most other countries. Class sizes are smaller than in many countries. And there are hundreds of initiatives every year to try and improve education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor and most students have to endure.

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