Karim Abouelnaga: A summer school kids actually want to attend
كريم أبوالنجا: قوتابخانەک هاڤینێ کو زارۆکان حەزا چوونا وێ هەبت
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to thinking that far ahead.
where you're going to get your next meal
دێ خوارنێ بدەست خوڤە ئینی
is going to pay rent that month.
and my friends' parents
driving taxis and working as janitors.
و كارێ پاقژكرنێ بكەن.
want to do those things.
through my education,
to turn things around.
كۆ ئەو تشت بهێنە گوهورین.
you want to be rich.
تە دڤێت زەنگین ببی.
on government aid
لدەمێ كارێ حكومەتێ
to some of New York City's
چووینە باژێرێ نیویورك
when I was in seventh grade,
دەمێ ئەز ل پولا هەفتێ،
من دڤێت بچم بۆ پولێ.
a 55 percent graduation rate,
ڕێژا دەرچوونێ هەبوو،
to raise our hands
ژمە دكرن كۆ دەستێن خۆ بلند بكەین
that question before."
ژمن نەهاتیە كرن."
are you going to?"
دهاتە كرن , "دێ چیە چ زانكۆ؟"
not to have gone to college.
خۆ قەبول نەكەت نەچیتە زانكۆیێ.
graduated from high school
قوتابخانا ناڤنجی تەمام كری
of a two-year college,
زانكویێ بۆ ماوێ دوو سالا
as a Presidential Research Scholar
وەك سەرۆكێ بەشێ لێگەریانان
the very real educational consequences
ئەنجامێن ڕاستی یێن خواندنێ
تنێ ب هیڤیا هاریکاریێن حكومەتێ ڤە
on government aid
began to make complete sense to me.
مەزن بۆ من جهێ گرنگیێ بوو.
education reformers,
چاكسازیێن مە یێن پەروەردێ،
the former US Secretary of Education,
وەزیرێ پەروەردێ یێ بەرێ ل ئەمریكا،
of Teach For America,
دامەزرێنەرێ خواندنێ ل ئەمریكا،
ناڤ شاری یێن گشتی هەر وەكی ئەز چوویم.
public school like I had.
is driven by a sympathetic approach,
دهێنە برێڤە برن ب رێكێن دلسوزی،
these poor inner city kids,
هەژار یێن ناڤ باژێری بدەین,
in this environment, could say,
دڤی بارودوخی دا دبیت بێژیت،
هوین بەرهنگار بووین
دا بسەر ئاریشێن خودا زال ببن".
about how I made it out,
کا من چەوا دەرباز کر،
or affluent household,
or a teacher will come to their rescue
مامۆستایەک بهێت و وان ڕزگار بکەت
is growing up poor
مەزن ببیت ب هەژاری
that no one will help them.
کەس هاریکاریا وی نەکەت
no social safety nets available.
چ تورێن پاراستنێ یێن کومەلایەتی نینن.
our public education system
سیستەمێ مە یێ پەروەردێ
of the achievement gap,
دوو-سێکێن ڤالەهیا دناڤ دەستکەفتان دا،
in educational attainment
بۆ بدەستڤەئینانا زانستی
to the summer learning loss.
دەست دانا فێربوونا هاڤینێ بکەت.
kids forget almost three months
زارۆک نێزیکی سێ هەیڤان ژبیر دکەن
during the school year
ب درێژاهیا سالێ
spend another two months
is only 10 months.
پێنج هەیڤان ژبیر بکەن،
every single year,
then they couldn't regress,
پاشی نەشێن پاشڤە ب زڤرن،
is poorly designed.
.ب نە ڕێکی هاتینە دانان و دیزاین کرن
it feels like babysitting.
ڕوینشتن و خودانکرنا زارۆکا یە.
to execute an effective summer program
قوتابخانان ب دروست ب ڕێڤە ببەن
ends the last week of June
حوزەیرانێ بدوماهی دهێت
just one week later?
دەست پێ دکەت؟
to find the right people,
کەسێن دروست بهێنە ژێگرتن،
that excites kids and teachers.
سەرەنجراکێش داکو قوتابی وماموستا بەشداربن.
over the summer
د دەمێ هاڤینێ دا
as teaching coaches
وەک ڕاهێنەران بن
college-educated role models
نموونا خواندنا زانکۆیێ
their college ambitions?
بۆ ئارەزوێن وان بۆ زانکۆیێ
هەڤالێن خۆ یێن بچویک تر
to invest in their education?
دخواندنا خۆ دا بکەن؟
هەمی زارۆکان ڕەخساند وەک شاهرەزایا بن،
they were going to,
کا وان دڤیا بچنە کیژ زانکۆیێ،
they want to attend
کو وان ڤیابا بەشداریێ تێدا بکەن
the summer learning loss
ل هاڤینێ نەمینیت
of the achievement gap?
ڤالەهیا سەرکەفتنێ بهێنە گرتن؟
over 4,000 low-income children,
زارۆکێن هەژار کرینە،
most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
ژ هەمیان هەژار تر.
eliminate the summer learning loss
بیرڤەچوونا هاڤینێ نەهێلایە
د ئێک هەیڤ دا ل بیرکاریێ
in the fall three months behind,
قوتابخانێ ل پایزێ پشتی بورینا سێ هەیڤان،
پێشیا بیرکاریێ دکەڤن
of my class from an Ivy League institution
ل پەیمانگەها ئایڤی لیگ
on our public education system
زوور دروست بکەم ل سیستەمێ خواندنێ
of the calendar year,
ژ ساڵێ،
five months of lost time
ژ دەستێن مە بچن
that we can unlock
دشێین ب دەست ڤە بینین
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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