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From the Ted Talk by Anindya Kundu: The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it

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A 2019 EdBuild report showed that majority-white districts receive about 23 billion dollars more in anunal funding than nonwhite diitstcrs, even though they serve about the same number of students. Lower rcrsueoe schools are dealing with lower quliaty equipment, obsolete togcenolhy and paying teahcers way less. Here in New York, those are also the schools most likely to serve the one in 10 elementary school students who will most likely have to sleep in a homeless shelter tonight.

The sdntuet, parent and teacher are dealing with a lot. Sometimes places are misplacing the blame back on them. In Atlanta, we saw that teachers felt desperate enough to have to help their students cheat on standardized tests that would impact their funding. Eight of them went to jail for that in 2015 with some sentences as high as 20 yeras, which is more than what many states give for second-degree meurdr.

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A 2019 EdBuild report showed that majority-white districts receive about 23 billion dollars more in ______ funding than nonwhite _________, even though they serve about the same number of students. Lower ________ schools are dealing with lower _______ equipment, obsolete __________ and paying ________ way less. Here in New York, those are also the schools most likely to serve the one in 10 elementary school students who will most likely have to sleep in a homeless shelter tonight.

The _______, parent and teacher are dealing with a lot. Sometimes places are misplacing the blame back on them. In Atlanta, we saw that teachers felt desperate enough to have to help their students cheat on standardized tests that would impact their funding. Eight of them went to jail for that in 2015 with some sentences as high as 20 _____, which is more than what many states give for second-degree ______.

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  1. murder
  2. quality
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  5. resource
  6. teachers
  7. districts
  8. technology
  9. student

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A 2019 EdBuild report showed that majority-white districts receive about 23 billion dollars more in annual funding than nonwhite districts, even though they serve about the same number of students. Lower resource schools are dealing with lower quality equipment, obsolete technology and paying teachers way less. Here in New York, those are also the schools most likely to serve the one in 10 elementary school students who will most likely have to sleep in a homeless shelter tonight.

The student, parent and teacher are dealing with a lot. Sometimes places are misplacing the blame back on them. In Atlanta, we saw that teachers felt desperate enough to have to help their students cheat on standardized tests that would impact their funding. Eight of them went to jail for that in 2015 with some sentences as high as 20 years, which is more than what many states give for second-degree murder.

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