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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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So today I don't nielsacesry have the same questions about education that I did when I was an idealistic, perhaps naïve college grad wkonrig in a detention center basement. It's not: Can slchoos save more of our students? Because I think we have the answer to that — and it's yes they can, if we save our schools first. We can start by caring about the eduocatin of other people's children ... And I'm saying that as someone who doesn't have kids yet but wants to worry a little bit less about the future when I do.

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So today I don't ___________ have the same questions about education that I did when I was an idealistic, perhaps naïve college grad _______ in a detention center basement. It's not: Can _______ save more of our students? Because I think we have the answer to that — and it's yes they can, if we save our schools first. We can start by caring about the _________ of other people's children ... And I'm saying that as someone who doesn't have kids yet but wants to worry a little bit less about the future when I do.

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  2. schools
  3. necessarily
  4. working

Original Text

So today I don't necessarily have the same questions about education that I did when I was an idealistic, perhaps naïve college grad working in a detention center basement. It's not: Can schools save more of our students? Because I think we have the answer to that — and it's yes they can, if we save our schools first. We can start by caring about the education of other people's children ... And I'm saying that as someone who doesn't have kids yet but wants to worry a little bit less about the future when I do.

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