Karim Abouelnaga: A summer school kids actually want to attend
카림 아부엘나가 (Karim Abouelnga): 아이들이 가고 싶어 하는 여름 보충 수업
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to thinking that far ahead.
익숙하지 않습니다.
where you're going to get your next meal
해결할지를 생각하고
is going to pay rent that month.
마련할지를 걱정하죠.
and my friends' parents
제 친구들의 부모님은
driving taxis and working as janitors.
잘 살고 있는 것처럼 보였습니다.
want to do those things.
벗어나야겠다고 느꼈습니다.
through my education,
3분의 2가 지나버렸고
to turn things around.
늦은 시기이었습니다.
you want to be rich.
부자가 되고 싶을 것입니다.
on government aid
홀어머니에게 길러졌습니다.
to some of New York City's
공립학교를 다녔습니다.
when I was in seventh grade,
결석했습니다.
a 55 percent graduation rate,
55% 정도였습니다.
to raise our hands
대학교에 진학할 것인지
that question before."
받은 적이 없어."
are you going to?"
질문이 전부였다고 하더군요.
not to have gone to college.
생각하도록 만든 것이었습니다.
갈 수 있었나요?"라고요.
graduated from high school
고등학교를 졸업했고
of a two-year college,
자퇴했습니다.
이해할 수가 없었고
as a Presidential Research Scholar
코넬 대학에 진학했을 때
the very real educational consequences
홀어머니에게 길러지며
on government aid
교육적 결과에 대해 알게 되었습니다.
began to make complete sense to me.
이해되기 시작했습니다.
education reformers,
교육 개혁가들에 대해 배우면서
the former US Secretary of Education,
안 던컨(Arne Duncan) 이나
of Teach For America,
웬디 콥(Wendy Kopp) 같은 이들도
public school like I had.
다닌 적이 없다는 것 또한 알게 되었습니다.
is driven by a sympathetic approach,
동정하는 시선 속에서 이루어집니다.
these poor inner city kids,
라틴계 아이들을 도와주자."
in this environment, could say,
있음에도 불구하고 말이죠.
about how I made it out,
될 수 있었는지 질문을 받으면
or affluent household,
or a teacher will come to their rescue
is growing up poor
that no one will help them.
no social safety nets available.
전혀 없다고 할 수 있죠.
our public education system
of the achievement gap,
in educational attainment
to the summer learning loss.
kids forget almost three months
during the school year
여름 방학 동안 다 잊어버립니다.
spend another two months
is only 10 months.
every single year,
then they couldn't regress,
있다면 잊어버리지 않겠지만
is poorly designed.
it feels like babysitting.
돌보는 것 정도로 느낍니다.
to execute an effective summer program
여름 학교가 1주일 뒤에 시작하는데
ends the last week of June
여름 프로그램을 시행하기를
just one week later?
to find the right people,
아이들과 선생님들이
that excites kids and teachers.
충분한 시간이 아닙니다.
over the summer
as teaching coaches
열정있는 교원을 만들 수 있는
college-educated role models
their college ambitions?
깨닫도록 도와주는 건 어떨까요?
가르쳐주면서
to invest in their education?
있도록 하는 것은 어떨까요?
학자로서 권한을 부여하고
they were going to,
they want to attend
the summer learning loss
of the achievement gap?
없앴다면 어떠시겠습니까?
over 4,000 low-income children,
4,000명이 넘는 저소독층 아이들을 받았고
교사를 훈련시켰으며
계절 일자리를 창출해낸 셈입니다.
most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
받지 못하는 이웃들에게요.
성공하고 있습니다.
eliminate the summer learning loss
여름학습으로 공백을 메우고
보임을 알려줍니다.
in the fall three months behind,
뒤쳐져서 학교에 돌아오는 것 대신
학교생활을 시작합니다.
of my class from an Ivy League institution
상위 10%로 졸업했어.
on our public education system
변화를 줄 기회를 가졌지.
of the calendar year,
라고 말하셨다면
five months of lost time
that we can unlock
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Karim Abouelnaga - Education entrepreneurKarim Abouelnaga is working to provide kids with access to high-quality academic summer programming.
Why you should listen
Karim Abouelnaga wants to eliminate summer learning loss in kids and give them a fair chance at realizing their life ambitions. After experiencing the struggle to succeed in under-resourced urban public schools, he was lucky enough to benefit from nonprofits that provided him with great mentors, receiving over $300,000 in scholarships to make his college education possible. Abouelnaga is the founder and CEO of the benefit corporation Practice Makes Perfect, a full-service summer school operator that uses a "near-peer" learning model to drive academic outcomes for thousands of low-income children.
Abouelnaga is a regular contributor for Entrepreneur and Forbes, a co-founder of Gentlemen Ventures, a TED Fellow, Global Shaper and Echoing Green Fellow. He was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 in Education. In 2016 Richtopia ranked him in the top five of most influential entrepreneurs in the world under 25. Abouelnaga graduated from Cornell University with a degree in hotel administration in 2013.
Reach Karim here: karimted@practicemakesperfect.org.
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