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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.82,0:00:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first job out of college\Nwas as an academic researcher
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.67,0:00:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at one of the largest juvenile\Ndetention centers in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.02,0:00:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every day I would drive\Nto this building
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.51,0:00:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the West Side of Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.18,0:00:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through the security checkpoint
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.43,0:00:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walk down these brown, brick hallways\Nas I made my way down to the basement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.42,0:00:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to observe the intake process.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.95,0:00:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kids coming in were\Nabout 10 to 16 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.29,0:00:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually always black and brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.43,0:00:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most likely from the same impoverished\NSouth and West Sides of Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.76,0:00:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They should've been\Nin fifth to 10th grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.94,0:00:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead they were here\Nfor weeks on end
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.37,0:00:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting trial for various crimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.15,0:00:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them came back to the facility\N14 times before their 15th birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.67,0:00:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I sat there on the other side\Nof the glass from them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.79,0:00:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idealistic with a college degree,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.29,0:00:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.80,0:00:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why didn't schools do something more\Nto prevent this from happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.32,0:00:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been about 10 years since then;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.82,0:01:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still think about how some kids\Nget tracked towards college
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.28,0:01:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others towards detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.97,0:01:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I no longer think about schools'\Nabilities to solve these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.43,0:01:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I've learned that so much\Nof this problem is systemic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.98,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that often our school system\Nperpetuates the social divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.08,0:01:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes worse what it's supposed to fix.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.36,0:01:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's as a crazy or controversial
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.03,0:01:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as saying that our health care system\Nisn't preventative
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.64,0:01:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but somehow profits\Noff of keeping us sick ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.76,0:01:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oops.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.61,0:01:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.16,0:01:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly do believe though\Nthat kids can achieve great things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.86,0:01:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the odds against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.31,0:01:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, my own research shows that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.49,0:01:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we're serious about helping \Nmore kids from across the board
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.40,0:01:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieve and make it in this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.36,0:01:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to have to realize\Nthat out gaps in student outcomes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.56,0:01:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not so much about achievement\Nas much as they are about opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.05,0:01:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 2019 EdBuild report showed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.59,0:02:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that majority-white districts received\Nabout 23 billion dollars more
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.19,0:02:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in annual funding\Nthan non-white districts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.71,0:02:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they serve about the same\Nnumber of students.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.81,0:02:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lower resource schools are dealing\Nwith lower quality equipment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.78,0:02:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obsolete technology
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.36,0:02:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paying teachers way less.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.26,0:02:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.82,0:02:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are also the schools\Nmost likely to serve
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.89,0:02:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one in 10 elementary school students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.14,0:02:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will most likely have to sleep\Nin a homeless shelter tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.87,0:02:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The student, parent and teacher\Nare dealing with a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.71,0:02:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes places are misplacing\Nthe blame back on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.85,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Atlanta, we saw that teachers\Nfelt desperate enough
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have to help their students cheat\Non standardized tests
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.66,0:02:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would impact their funding.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.63,0:02:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight of them went \Nto jail for that in 2015
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.38,0:02:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some sentences as high as 20 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more than what many states\Ngive for second-degree murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.58,0:02:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is though,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.62,0:02:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in places like Tulsa,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.28,0:02:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers pay has been so bad
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.23,0:02:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these people have had\Nto go to food pantries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.18,0:03:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or soup kitchens just to feed themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.60,0:03:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same system will criminalize\Na parent who will use a relative's address
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.48,0:03:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to send their child to a better school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.43,0:03:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for who knows how long\Nauthorities have turned a blind eye
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.21,0:03:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who can bribe their way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.29,0:03:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto the most elite and beautiful\Ncollege campueses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.08,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of this feels\Npretty heavy to be saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe to be hearing --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.48,0:03:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since there's nothing quite like\Neconomics talk to lighten the mood --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.62,0:03:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's right, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.18,0:03:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you about some of the costs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.54,0:03:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we fail to tap\Ninto our students' potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.02,0:03:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A McKinsey study showed that if in 1998
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.99,0:03:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could've closed our long-standing\Nstudent achievement gaps
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between students of different\Nethnic backgrounds
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.31,0:03:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or students of different income levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.01,0:03:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by 2008, our GDP --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.78,0:03:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our untapped economic gains --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.60,0:03:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have gone up by more\Nthan 500 billion dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.18,0:03:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those same gaps in 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.61,0:04:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between our students here in the US\Nand those across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.69,0:04:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have deprived our economy\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.46,0:04:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of up to 2.3 trillion dollars\Nof economic output.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.65,0:04:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beyond economics, numbers and figures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.26,0:04:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a simpler reason\Nthat this matters;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.93,0:04:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simpler reason for fixing our system
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.64,0:04:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that in a true democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.88,0:04:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the one we pride ourselves on having,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.43,0:04:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes rightfully so,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.43,0:04:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a child's future should not\Nbe predetermined
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.60,0:04:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the circumstances of their birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.10,0:04:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A public education system should not\Ncreate a wider bottom and more narrow top.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.24,0:04:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us can sometimes think
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.66,0:04:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these things aren't\Nthat close to home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.38,0:04:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are if we broaden our view,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.55,0:04:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a leaky faucet in our kitchen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.35,0:04:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broken radiator in our hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.83,0:04:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those parts of the house that we always\Nsay we're going to get to next week,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.59,0:04:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're devaluing our whole property.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.51,0:04:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of constantly looking away\Nto solutions like privitization
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.26,0:05:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the charter school movement\Nto solve our problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.13,0:05:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we take a deeper look\Nat public education,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.98,0:05:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to take more pride in it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.68,0:05:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe use it to solve\Nsome of our social problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.37,0:05:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we try to reclaim\Nthe promise of public education
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.68,0:05:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and remember that it's our greatest\Ncollective responsibility?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.22,0:05:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily some of our communities\Nare doing just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.76,0:05:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The huge teacher strikes in the spring\Nof 2019 in Denver and LA --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.64,0:05:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were successful because\Nof community support
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.58,0:05:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for things like smaller class sizes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.82,0:05:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting things into schools\Nlike more counselors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.89,0:05:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to teacher pay.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.03,0:05:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes for the student,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.93,0:05:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation is just daring\Nto implement common sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.20,0:05:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Baltimore a few years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.46,0:05:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they enacted a free breakfast\Nand lunch program,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.29,0:05:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking away the stigma\Nof poverty and hunger
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.60,0:05:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some students
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.02,0:05:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but increasing achievement\Nin attendance for many others.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.31,0:05:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Memphis,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.22,0:06:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the university is recruiting local,\Npassionate high school students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.94,0:06:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giving them scholarships\Nto go teach in the inner city
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.12,0:06:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the burden of college debt.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.22,0:06:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And north of here in the Bronx,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.52,0:06:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently researched\Nthese partnerships being built
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.82,0:06:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between high schools, community\Ncolleges and local businesses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.53,0:06:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are creating internships in finance,\Nhealth care and technology
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.84,0:06:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for students without\N"silver spoon" connections
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.06,0:06:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gain important skills
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.72,0:06:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contribute to the communities\Nthat they come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.77,0:06:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today I don't necessarily have\Nthe same questions about education
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.72,0:06:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I did when I was an idealistic,\Nperhaps naïve college grad
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.13,0:06:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in a detention center basement.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.68,0:06:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not, can schools\Nsave more of our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.43,0:06:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think we have\Nthe answer to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.19,0:06:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's yes they can\Nif we save our schools first.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.19,0:06:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can start by caring about the education\Nof other people's children ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.25,0:06:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm saying that as someone\Nwho doesn't have kids yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.48,0:06:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but wants to worry a little bit less\Nabout the future for when I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.28,0:07:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultivating as much talent as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.75,0:07:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting as many girls\Nas we can from all over
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.63,0:07:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into science and engineering,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.68,0:07:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as many boys\Nas we can into teaching --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.51,0:07:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are investments for our future.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.67,0:07:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our students are like\Nour most valuable resource,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.02,0:07:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you put it that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.86,0:07:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our teachers are like our modern-day\Ndiamond and gold miners,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.44,0:07:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to help make them shine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.61,0:07:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's contribute our voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.66,0:07:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our votes and our support
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.100,0:07:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to giving them the resources\Nthat they will need
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.72,0:07:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to survive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.97,0:07:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hopefully thrive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.47,0:07:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing all of us to do so as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.21,0:07:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.34,0:07:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)