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From the Ted Talk by Seema Bansal: How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money
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When people talk about systemic, large-scale change, they talk about periods of 7 years and 10 years. But not in Haryana. In the last one year, there have been three independent suteids, all misunraeg student learning outcomes, which indicate that something fundamental, something unique is happening in Haryana. lnanierg levels of children have stopped declining, and they have started going up. hnraaya is one of the few states in the country which is showing an improvement, and certainly the one that is showing the fastest rate of iovenmpmert. These are still early signs, there's a long way to go, but this gives us a lot of hope for the future. I recently went to a school, and as I was leaving, I ran into a lady, her name was pravati, she was the mother of a child, and she was smiling. And I said, "Why are you smiling, what's going on?" And she said, "I don't know what's going on, but what I do know is that my ceirhdln are learning, they're having fun, and for the time being, I'll stop my search for a private school to send them to."
Open Cloze
When people talk about systemic, large-scale change, they talk about periods of 7 years and 10 years. But not in Haryana. In the last one year, there have been three independent _______, all _________ student learning outcomes, which indicate that something fundamental, something unique is happening in Haryana. ________ levels of children have stopped declining, and they have started going up. _______ is one of the few states in the country which is showing an improvement, and certainly the one that is showing the fastest rate of ___________. These are still early signs, there's a long way to go, but this gives us a lot of hope for the future. I recently went to a school, and as I was leaving, I ran into a lady, her name was _______, she was the mother of a child, and she was smiling. And I said, "Why are you smiling, what's going on?" And she said, "I don't know what's going on, but what I do know is that my ________ are learning, they're having fun, and for the time being, I'll stop my search for a private school to send them to."
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Original Text
When people talk about systemic, large-scale change, they talk about periods of 7 years and 10 years. But not in Haryana. In the last one year, there have been three independent studies, all measuring student learning outcomes, which indicate that something fundamental, something unique is happening in Haryana. Learning levels of children have stopped declining, and they have started going up. Haryana is one of the few states in the country which is showing an improvement, and certainly the one that is showing the fastest rate of improvement. These are still early signs, there's a long way to go, but this gives us a lot of hope for the future. I recently went to a school, and as I was leaving, I ran into a lady, her name was Parvati, she was the mother of a child, and she was smiling. And I said, "Why are you smiling, what's going on?" And she said, "I don't know what's going on, but what I do know is that my children are learning, they're having fun, and for the time being, I'll stop my search for a private school to send them to."
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