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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.50,0:00:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first job out of college\Nwas as an academic researcher
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.46,0:00:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at one of the largest juvenile\Ndetention centers in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.83,0:00:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every day I would drive\Nto this building
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.96,0:00:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the West Side of Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.42,0:00:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through the security checkpoint
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.25,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walk down these brown, brick hallways\Nas I made my way down to the basement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.25,0:00:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to observe the intake process.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.79,0:00:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kids coming in\Nwere about 10 to 16 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.04,0:00:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually always black and brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.17,0:00:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most likely from the same impoverished\NSouth and West Sides of Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.62,0:00:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They should've been\Nin fifth to tenth grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.71,0:00:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead they were here\Nfor weeks on end
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.17,0:00:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awaiting trial for various crimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.96,0:00:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them came back to the facility\N14 times before their 15th birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.38,0:00:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I sat there on the other side\Nof the glass from them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idealistic with a college degree,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:00:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered to myself:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.79,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why didn't schools do something more\Nto prevent this from happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.04,0:00:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been about 10 years since then,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.79,0:01:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I still think about how some kids\Nget tracked towards college
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.04,0:01:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others towards detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.79,0:01:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I no longer think about schools'\Nabilities to solve these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.21,0:01:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I've learned that so much\Nof this problem is systemic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.79,0:01:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that often our school system\Nperpetuates the social divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes worse what it's supposed to fix.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.12,0:01:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's as crazy or controversial
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.92,0:01:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as saying that our health care system\Nisn't preventative
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.58,0:01:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but somehow profits\Noff of keeping us sick ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.58,0:01:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oops.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.88,0:01:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.92,0:01:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly do believe though\Nthat kids can achieve great things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.79,0:01:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the odds against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.29,0:01:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, my own research shows that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.29,0:01:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we're serious about helping\Nmore kids from across the board
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.21,0:01:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieve and make it in this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.17,0:01:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to have to realize\Nthat our gaps in student outcomes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.29,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not so much about achievement\Nas much as they are about opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.67,0:01:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 2019 EdBuild report showed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.38,0:02:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that majority-white districts\Nreceive about 23 billion dollars more
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.92,0:02:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in annual funding than nonwhite districts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.54,0:02:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they serve\Nabout the same number of students.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.54,0:02:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lower resource schools are dealing\Nwith lower quality equipment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.67,0:02:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obsolete technology
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.17,0:02:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paying teachers way less.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.04,0:02:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.58,0:02:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are also the schools\Nmost likely to serve
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.83,0:02:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one in 10 elementary school students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.33,0:02:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will most likely have to sleep\Nin a homeless shelter tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.54,0:02:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The student, parent and teacher\Nare dealing with a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.42,0:02:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes places are misplacing\Nthe blame back on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.54,0:02:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Atlanta, we saw that teachers\Nfelt desperate enough
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.96,0:02:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have to help their students\Ncheat on standardized tests
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.54,0:02:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would impact their funding.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.38,0:02:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight of them went\Nto jail for that in 2015
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.25,0:02:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some sentences as high as 20 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.83,0:02:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more than what many states\Ngive for second-degree murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.38,0:02:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is though, in places like Tulsa,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.08,0:02:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers' pay has been so bad
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.08,0:02:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these people have had\Nto go to food pantries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.42,0:03:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or soup kitchens just to feed themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same system will criminalize a parent\Nwho will use a relative's address
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.29,0:03:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to send their child to a better school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.21,0:03:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for who knows how long\Nauthorities have turned a blind eye
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.17,0:03:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who can bribe their way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.08,0:03:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto the most elite and beautiful\Ncollege campuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.79,0:03:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of this feels\Npretty heavy to be saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.46,0:03:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe to be hearing --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.25,0:03:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since there's nothing quite like\Neconomics talk to lighten the mood --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's right, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.75,0:03:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you about some of the costs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we fail to tap\Ninto our students' potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.71,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A McKinsey study showed that if in 1998
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.67,0:03:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could've closed our long-standing\Nstudent achievement gaps
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.92,0:03:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between students\Nof different ethnic backgrounds
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.21,0:03:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or students of different income levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by 2008, our GDP --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.54,0:03:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our untapped economic gains --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.38,0:03:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have gone up\Nby more than 500 billion dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.92,0:03:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those same gaps in 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.46,0:04:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between our students here in the US\Nand those across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.67,0:04:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have deprived our economy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.33,0:04:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of up to 2.3 trillion dollars\Nof economic output.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.38,0:04:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beyond economics, numbers and figures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a simpler reason\Nthat this matters,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.62,0:04:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simpler reason for fixing our system.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.46,0:04:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that in a true democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.62,0:04:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the one we pride\Nourselves on having --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.75,0:04:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes rightfully so --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.42,0:04:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a child's future\Nshould not be predetermined
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.54,0:04:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the circumstances of their birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.71,0:04:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A public education system should not\Ncreate a wider bottom and more narrow top.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.96,0:04:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us can sometimes think
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.50,0:04:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these things\Naren't that close to home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are if we broaden our view,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.29,0:04:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a leaky faucet in our kitchen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.04,0:04:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broken radiator in our hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.58,0:04:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those parts of the house that we always\Nsay we're going to get to next week,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.50,0:04:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're devaluing our whole property.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.25,0:04:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of constantly looking away\Nto solutions like privatization
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.96,0:05:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the charter school movement\Nto solve our problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.96,0:05:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we take a deeper look\Nat public education,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.67,0:05:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to take more pride in it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.71,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe use it to solve\Nsome of our social problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.17,0:05:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we try to reclaim\Nthe promise of public education
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.42,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and remember that it's\Nour greatest collective responsibility?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.92,0:05:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily some of our communities\Nare doing just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.42,0:05:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The huge teacher strikes\Nin the spring of 2019 in Denver and LA --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.42,0:05:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were successful\Nbecause of community support
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.54,0:05:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for things like smaller class sizes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.62,0:05:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting things into schools\Nlike more counselors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.67,0:05:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to teacher pay.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.79,0:05:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes for the student,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.71,0:05:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation is just daring\Nto implement common sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.83,0:05:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Baltimore a few years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.29,0:05:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they enacted a free breakfast\Nand lunch program,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.12,0:05:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking away the stigma\Nof poverty and hunger
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.42,0:05:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some students
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.96,0:05:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but increasing achievement\Nin attendance for many others.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.04,0:05:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Memphis,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.33,0:06:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the university is recruiting\Nlocal, passionate high school students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.75,0:06:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giving them scholarships\Nto go teach in the inner city
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.04,0:06:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the burden of college debt.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.92,0:06:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And north of here in The Bronx,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.46,0:06:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently researched\Nthese partnerships being built
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.96,0:06:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between high schools,\Ncommunity colleges and local businesses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.25,0:06:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are creating internships\Nin finance, health care and technology
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.67,0:06:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for students without\N"silver spoon" connections
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.54,0:06:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gain important skills
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.50,0:06:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contribute to the communities\Nthat they come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.50,0:06:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today I don't necessarily have\Nthe same questions about education
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.54,0:06:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I did when I was an idealistic,\Nperhaps naïve college grad
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.92,0:06:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in a detention center basement.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.38,0:06:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not: Can schools\Nsave more of our students?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.29,0:06:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I think\Nwe have the answer to that --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.54,0:06:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's yes they can,\Nif we save our schools first.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.75,0:06:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can start by caring about the education\Nof other people's children ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.75,0:06:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm saying that\Nas someone who doesn't have kids yet
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.50,0:06:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but wants to worry a little bit less\Nabout the future when I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.00,0:07:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultivating as much talent as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.50,0:07:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting as many girls\Nas we can from all over
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.38,0:07:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into science and engineering,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.42,0:07:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many boys as we can\Ninto teaching --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.21,0:07:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are investments for our future.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our students are like\Nour most valuable resource,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.83,0:07:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you put it that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.62,0:07:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our teachers are like our modern-day\Ndiamond and gold miners,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.08,0:07:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to help make them shine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.33,0:07:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's contribute our voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.33,0:07:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our votes and our support
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.79,0:07:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to giving them the resources\Nthat they will need
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.46,0:07:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to survive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.67,0:07:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hopefully thrive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.17,0:07:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing all of us to do so as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.25,0:07:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)