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

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On a mezzo level: historically speaking, the education of the black and brown child has always depended on the philanthropy of others. And unfortunately, today it still does. If your son or daughter or niece or nephew or neighbor or little Timmy down the street goes to an affluent school, challenge your scohol committee to adopt an impoverished school or an ihrmepvseoid csorsaolm. Close the divide by engaging in communication and relationships that matter. When resources are shared, they're not divided; they're multiplied.

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On a mezzo level: historically speaking, the education of the black and brown child has always depended on the philanthropy of others. And unfortunately, today it still does. If your son or daughter or niece or nephew or neighbor or little Timmy down the street goes to an affluent school, challenge your ______ committee to adopt an impoverished school or an ____________ _________. Close the divide by engaging in communication and relationships that matter. When resources are shared, they're not divided; they're multiplied.

Solution

  1. classroom
  2. impoverished
  3. school

Original Text

On a mezzo level: historically speaking, the education of the black and brown child has always depended on the philanthropy of others. And unfortunately, today it still does. If your son or daughter or niece or nephew or neighbor or little Timmy down the street goes to an affluent school, challenge your school committee to adopt an impoverished school or an impoverished classroom. Close the divide by engaging in communication and relationships that matter. When resources are shared, they're not divided; they're multiplied.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. adopt
  2. affluent
  3. black
  4. brown
  5. challenge
  6. child
  7. classroom
  8. close
  9. committee
  10. communication
  11. daughter
  12. depended
  13. divide
  14. education
  15. engaging
  16. historically
  17. impoverished
  18. matter
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  20. multiplied
  21. neighbor
  22. nephew
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  24. philanthropy
  25. relationships
  26. resources
  27. school
  28. shared
  29. son
  30. speaking
  31. street
  32. timmy
  33. today