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From the Ted Talk by Trish Millines Dziko: How schools can nurture every student's genius

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But for many of these students, they have been ________ like this since kindergarten. You _____ that right, kindergarten. Shoot, when I was in fifth _____ ... we sat in cemetery rows in academically segregated __________, and sadly, things have not changed. In most schools, students are sitting, listening to the teacher, and many of them scared to death they'll get called on to answer a question. And too often, ________ are totally deflated, because the teacher is spending more time on _________ management than ________ them. So these students and the generations behind them ... they are our talent pool for everything from community organizing to running business, to running government, and everything in between. And as it stands, our public education ______ is not cultivating future leaders. And in particular, students of color are constantly devalued and marginalized.

Solution

  1. grade
  2. heard
  3. classrooms
  4. system
  5. learning
  6. classroom
  7. students
  8. engaging

Original Text

But for many of these students, they have been learning like this since kindergarten. You heard that right, kindergarten. Shoot, when I was in fifth grade ... we sat in cemetery rows in academically segregated classrooms, and sadly, things have not changed. In most schools, students are sitting, listening to the teacher, and many of them scared to death they'll get called on to answer a question. And too often, students are totally deflated, because the teacher is spending more time on classroom management than engaging them. So these students and the generations behind them ... they are our talent pool for everything from community organizing to running business, to running government, and everything in between. And as it stands, our public education system is not cultivating future leaders. And in particular, students of color are constantly devalued and marginalized.

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