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From the Ted Talk by Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion
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Both my parents were educators, my maaternl grandparents were educators, and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing. And so, neeselds to say, over those years I've had a chance to look at eoaiudctn reform from a lot of perspectives. Some of those reforms have been good. Some of them have been not so good. And we know why kids drop out. We know why kids don't learn. It's either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences... We know why. But one of the things that we never discuss or we rlraey discuss is the value and ioaptnmcre of human connection. Relationships.
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Both my parents were educators, my ________ grandparents were educators, and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing. And so, ________ to say, over those years I've had a chance to look at _________ reform from a lot of perspectives. Some of those reforms have been good. Some of them have been not so good. And we know why kids drop out. We know why kids don't learn. It's either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences... We know why. But one of the things that we never discuss or we ______ discuss is the value and __________ of human connection. Relationships.
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- education
- needless
- importance
- maternal
- rarely
Original Text
Both my parents were educators, my maternal grandparents were educators, and for the past 40 years, I've done the same thing. And so, needless to say, over those years I've had a chance to look at education reform from a lot of perspectives. Some of those reforms have been good. Some of them have been not so good. And we know why kids drop out. We know why kids don't learn. It's either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences... We know why. But one of the things that we never discuss or we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human connection. Relationships.
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