ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Karim Abouelnaga - Education entrepreneur
Karim 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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Karim Abouelnaga: A summer school kids actually want to attend

كريم أبوالنجا: قوتابخانەک هاڤینێ کو زارۆکان حەزا چوونا وێ هەبت

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ل دەمێ‌ هاڤینێ‌، زارۆك ل گەرەكێن کێم داهات نێزیكی سێ‌ هەیڤان ژبیردكەن ژوێ خواندنا فێر بووین ل سالێ‌ هەمیێ‌. کارسازێ پەروەردێ‌ و هەڤالێ‌ تێد كەریم أبوالنجا دڤێت ڤێ‌ بەرزەبوونا خواندنێ‌ ئەوا د هاڤینێ‌ دا ژبۆ دەرفەتەكێ‌ بۆ بەرەڤ پێشڤەچوونێ‌ و بەرەڤ پاشەڕۆژەكا گەشتر بگوهرت .
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00:13
Getting a college education
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ب دەستڤە ئینانا پەروەردا زانكویێ‌
00:15
is a 20-year investment.
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دبیتە 20 سال یێن وەبەرهینانێ‌.
00:18
When you're growing up poor,
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دەمێ‌ تۆ ب هەژاری مەزن دبی،
00:20
you're not accustomed
to thinking that far ahead.
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لسەر تە پێتڤی نینە هندە دویر هزر بكەی.
00:23
Instead, you're thinking about
where you're going to get your next meal
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ل شوینا وێ‌ , تۆ هزر دكەی كا ل كیڤە
دێ‌ خوارنێ‌ بدەست خوڤە ئینی
00:26
and how your family
is going to pay rent that month.
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و چەوا خێزانا تە دێ‌ كرێیا وێ‌ هەیڤێ‌ دەن،
00:29
Besides, my parents
and my friends' parents
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و دایك و بابێن من و یێن هەڤالێن من
00:32
seemed to be doing just fine
driving taxis and working as janitors.
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دیار بوو كۆ دشیان كارێ تەكسیێ‌
و كارێ پاقژكرنێ‌ بكەن.
00:36
It wasn't until I was a teenager
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ئەو نەبوو هەتا ئەز بویمە هەرزەكار (مراهق)
00:38
when I realized I didn't
want to do those things.
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دەمێ‌ من زانی كۆ من نەدڤیا وان كاران بكەم.
00:42
By then, I was two-thirds of the way
through my education,
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پاشی، ئەز ل دوو-سێكا خواندنا خۆ بووم،
00:45
and it was almost too late
to turn things around.
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ل وی دەمی گەلەك درەنگ بوو
كۆ ئەو تشت بهێنە گوهورین.
00:49
When you grow up poor,
you want to be rich.
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لدەمێ‌ تو ب هەژاری مەزن دبی،
تە دڤێت زەنگین ببی.
00:52
I was no different.
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ئەز نەیێ‌ جودا بووم.
00:54
I'm the second-oldest of seven,
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ئەز زاروكێ‌ دوویێ‌ مە ژهەفتان،
00:56
and was raised by a single mother
on government aid
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هاتیمە ڕاكرن ژلایێ‌ ئێك دایك ڤە
لدەمێ‌ كارێ‌ حكومەتێ‌
00:58
in Queens, New York.
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ل كوینز، نیویورك.
01:00
By virtue of growing up low-income,
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ب هاریكاریا گەشەكرنا من لسەر داهاتێ‌ كێم،
01:02
my siblings and I went
to some of New York City's
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خویشك و برایێن من و ئەز
چووینە باژێرێ‌ نیویورك
ل قوتابخانێن گشتی یێن تێر زوڕی لێ هەی
01:05
most struggling public schools.
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01:07
I had over 60 absences
when I was in seventh grade,
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من نێزیكی 60 ئامادەنەبوون هەبوون
دەمێ‌ ئەز ل پولا هەفتێ‌،
01:11
because I didn't feel like going to class.
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ژبەرکو من هەست نەدكر
من دڤێت بچم بۆ پولێ‌.
01:13
My high school had
a 55 percent graduation rate,
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55% قوتابخانا من یا ناڤنجی نێزیكی
ڕێژا دەرچوونێ‌ هەبوو،
01:16
and even worse,
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و هەتا خرابتر،
01:18
only 20 percent of the kids graduating
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ب تنێ‌ 20% ژ زارۆكێن دەرچووین
01:20
were college-ready.
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دئامادەبوون بۆ زانکۆیێ.
01:22
When I actually did make it to college,
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دەمێ‌ ئەز چوویمە زانكۆیێ‌،
01:25
I told my friend Brennan
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من گوتە هەڤالێ‌ خۆ برێنانی
01:26
how our teachers would always ask us
to raise our hands
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چەوا مامۆستایێن مە بەردەوام پرسیار
ژمە دكرن كۆ دەستێن خۆ بلند بكەین
01:30
if we were going to college.
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ئەگەر ئەم چووباینە زانكۆیێ‌.
01:33
I was taken aback when Brennan said,
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ئەز مەندەهوش بووم دەمێ‌ برێنانی گوت،
01:35
"Karim, I've never been asked
that question before."
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"كریم, چ جارا ئەو پرسیارە
ژمن نەهاتیە كرن."
01:38
It was always, "What college
are you going to?"
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بەردەوام ئەو پرسیارە ژمە
دهاتە كرن , "دێ‌ چیە چ زانكۆ؟"
01:41
Just the way that question is phrased
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ئەو شێوێ‌ پرسیار پێ هاتیە كرن
01:43
made it unacceptable for him
not to have gone to college.
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وە ل وی كر ئەو ل سەر
خۆ قەبول نەكەت نەچیتە زانكۆیێ‌.
01:47
Nowadays I get asked a different question.
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نوكە پرسیارێن جودا ژمن دهێنە كرن.
01:50
"How were you able to make it out?"
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"چەوا تو شیای وان كاران ئەنجام بدەی؟"
01:53
For years I said I was lucky,
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بۆ چەند سالان من دگوت ئەزێ‌ ب شانسم,
01:57
but it's not just luck.
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بەلێ‌ نە ب تنێ‌ شانسە.
01:59
When my older brother and I
graduated from high school
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دەمێ‌ من و برایێ‌ من یێ‌ مەزن
قوتابخانا ناڤنجی تەمام كری
02:01
at the very same time
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ل دەمەكێ‌ نێزیكی هەڤ
02:03
and he later dropped out
of a two-year college,
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و پاشی وی خۆ ڤەكێشا ل
زانكویێ‌ بۆ ماوێ‌ دوو سالا
02:05
I wanted to understand why he dropped out
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من دڤیا تێبگەهم بوچی وی خۆ ڤەكێشا
02:07
and I kept studying.
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و ئەز بەردەوام بووم.
02:10
It wasn't until I got to Cornell
as a Presidential Research Scholar
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هەتا وی دەمێ‌ ئەز چوویمە كورنێل
وەك سەرۆكێ‌ بەشێ لێگەریانان
02:13
that I started to learn about
the very real educational consequences
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پاشی ئەز فێر بووم دەربارەی
ئەنجامێن ڕاستی یێن خواندنێ‌
كو هاتیە خودانکرن ژلایێ‌ دایكەكا ب
تنێ‌ ب هیڤیا هاریکاریێن حكومەتێ‌ ڤە
02:17
of being raised by a single mother
on government aid
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02:20
and attending the schools that I did.
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و چوون بۆ قوتابخانێ‌ هەر وەكی ئەز چوویم.
02:22
That's when my older brother's trajectory
began to make complete sense to me.
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ئەڤە ل وی دەمێ‌ ڕێكا برایێ‌ من یێ‌
مەزن بۆ من جهێ‌ گرنگیێ‌ بوو.
02:28
I also learned that our most admirable
education reformers,
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هەروەسا ئەز فێر بووم كۆ
چاكسازیێن مە یێن پەروەردێ‌،
02:31
people like Arne Duncan,
the former US Secretary of Education,
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وەكی ئارنی دانكێن،
وەزیرێ‌ پەروەردێ‌ یێ‌ بەرێ‌ ل ئەمریكا،
02:35
or Wendy Kopp, the founder
of Teach For America,
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یان وێندی كوپ
دامەزرێنەرێ‌ خواندنێ‌ ل ئەمریكا،
چ جارا ئەو نەچووینە قوتابخانێن
ناڤ شاری یێن گشتی هەر وەكی ئەز چوویم.
02:38
had never attended an inner city
public school like I had.
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02:41
So much of our education reform
is driven by a sympathetic approach,
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گەلەك ژ چاكسازیێن مە یێن پەروەردێ‌
دهێنە برێڤە برن ب رێكێن دلسوزی،
02:45
where people are saying,
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دەمێ‌ خەلك دبێژن،
02:46
"Let's go and help
these poor inner city kids,
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"دا بچین و هاریكاریا ڤان زاروكێن
هەژار یێن ناڤ باژێری بدەین,
02:49
or these poor black and Latino kids,"
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یان ڤان زارۆکێن ڕەش پیست و یێن لاتینی,"
02:52
instead of an empathetic approach,
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ل شوینا پەیڕەوا دلسوزیێ،
02:54
where someone like me, who had grown up
in this environment, could say,
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دەمێ ئێک وەک من، یێ مەزن بوی
دڤی بارودوخی دا دبیت بێژیت،
02:58
"I know the adversities that you're facing
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ئەز وان ئاریشان دزانم یێن"
هوین بەرهنگار بووین
03:00
and I want to help you overcome them."
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و من دڤێت هاریکاریا وە بکەم
دا بسەر ئاریشێن خودا زال ببن".
03:03
Today when I get questions
about how I made it out,
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ئەڤرۆ دەمێ پرسیار بومن دهێن
کا من چەوا دەرباز کر،
03:06
I share that one of the biggest reasons
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ئەز دبێژم ئێک ژ وان ئەگەرێن مەزن ئەو بوو
03:08
is that I wasn't ashamed to ask for help.
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من شەرم نەدکر کۆ داخوازا هاریکاریێ بکەم.
03:11
In a typical middle class
or affluent household,
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ل پولەکا نموونەیی یان مالەکا زەنگین،
03:14
if a kid is struggling,
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ئەگەر زارۆک تێبکوشیت،
03:16
there's a good chance that a parent
or a teacher will come to their rescue
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ئەگەرەکێ زورێ هەی کۆ دایک و باب یان
مامۆستایەک بهێت و وان ڕزگار بکەت
03:20
even if they don't ask for help.
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هەتا ئەگەر ئەو داخوازا هاریکاریێ ژی نەکەن.
03:22
However, if that same kid
is growing up poor
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هەرچەندە، ئەگەر هەمان زارۆک
مەزن ببیت ب هەژاری
03:24
and doesn't ask for help,
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و داخوازا هاریکاریێ نەکەت،
03:26
there's a good chance
that no one will help them.
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ئەگەرەکێ زورێ هەی کۆ
کەس هاریکاریا وی نەکەت
03:28
There are virtually
no social safety nets available.
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ب نێزیکی
چ تورێن پاراستنێ یێن کومەلایەتی نینن.
03:33
So seven years ago,
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ژ بەری هەفت سالان,
03:34
I started to reform
our public education system
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من دەست ب چاکسازیێ کر بۆ
سیستەمێ مە یێ پەروەردێ
03:37
shaped by my firsthand perspective.
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کو هاتبوو دانان ب دەستێ من،
03:40
And I started with summer school.
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و من دەست پێکر ب قوتابخانا هاڤینێ.
03:43
Research tells us that two-thirds
of the achievement gap,
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ڤەکۆلین دبێژن ب تنێ
دوو-سێکێن ڤالەهیا دناڤ دەستکەفتان دا،
03:47
which is the disparity
in educational attainment
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کۆ نە یەکسانییە
بۆ بدەستڤەئینانا زانستی
03:49
between rich kids and poor kids
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دناڤبەرا زاروکێن هەژار و یێن زەنگین دا
03:51
or black kids and white kids,
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یان زارۆکێن ڕەش و یێن سپی دا،
03:54
could be directly attributed
to the summer learning loss.
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دبیت ڕاستەوخۆ کارتێکرنێ ژ
دەست دانا فێربوونا هاڤینێ بکەت.
03:57
In low-income neighborhoods,
kids forget almost three months
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ل گەرەکێن کێم داهات،
زارۆک نێزیکی سێ هەیڤان ژبیر دکەن
04:00
of what they learned
during the school year
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ژ وی تشتێ وان خواندی
ب درێژاهیا سالێ
04:02
over the summer.
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ل دەمێ هاڤینێ.
04:03
They return to school in the fall,
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ئەو ل پایزێ دزڤرن بۆ قوتابخانێ،
04:05
and their teachers
spend another two months
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و ماموستایێن وان دوو هەیڤان دەرباز دکەن
دا دووبارە وانێن کەڤن نیشابدەن.
04:07
reteaching them old material.
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04:09
That's five months.
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ئەڤە دبنە پێنج هەیڤ.
04:10
The school year in the United States
is only 10 months.
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سالا خواندنێ ل ئەمریکا ب تنێ ١٠ هەیڤن،
ئەگەر زارۆک هەر ساڵ
پێنج هەیڤان ژبیر بکەن،
04:13
If kids lose five months of learning
every single year,
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04:15
that's half of their education.
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ئەڤە دبیتە نیڤەکا خواندنا وان.
04:18
Half.
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نیڤەک.
04:20
If kids were in school over the summer,
then they couldn't regress,
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ئەگەر زارۆک هاڤینێ هەمیێ ل قوتابخانێ بن,
پاشی نەشێن پاشڤە ب زڤرن،
04:24
but traditional summer school
is poorly designed.
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بەلێ قوتابخانا هاڤینێ
.ب نە ڕێکی هاتینە دانان و دیزاین کرن
04:26
For kids it feels like punishment,
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بۆ زاروکان وەکی سزا وەرگرتنێ یە،
04:29
and for teachers
it feels like babysitting.
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و بۆ مامۆستایان ژی وەکی
ڕوینشتن و خودانکرنا زارۆکا یە.
04:32
But how can we expect principals
to execute an effective summer program
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بەلێ چەوا دێ پێشبینیێ کەین کۆ ڕێڤەبەرێن
قوتابخانان ب دروست ب ڕێڤە ببەن
04:36
when the school year
ends the last week of June
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دەمێ قوتابخانە دوماهیک هەفتیا
حوزەیرانێ بدوماهی دهێت
04:38
and then summer school starts
just one week later?
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و قوتابخانا هاڤینێ پشتی هەفتیەکێ
دەست پێ دکەت؟
04:41
There just isn't enough time
to find the right people,
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هند دەمێ پێدڤی نینە داکۆ
کەسێن دروست بهێنە ژێگرتن،
بڕێک و پێککرنا خزمەتێن لوجستی،
04:44
sort out the logistics,
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04:45
and design an engaging curriculum
that excites kids and teachers.
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و دروست کرنا سیستەمەکێ خواندنێ یێ
سەرەنجراکێش داکو قوتابی وماموستا بەشداربن.
04:51
But what if we created a program
over the summer
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بەلێ پا ئەگەر مە پڕوگرامەک ئامادە کر
د دەمێ هاڤینێ دا
04:55
that empowered teachers
as teaching coaches
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داکو دەرفەتێ برەخسینت بۆ ماموستایان
وەک ڕاهێنەران بن
04:59
to develop aspiring educators?
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بۆ پێش ئێخستنا ماموستایێن خودان ئارەزوو؟
05:02
What if we empowered
college-educated role models
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ئەگەر مە دەرفەت ڕەخساند بۆ ڕولێ
نموونا خواندنا زانکۆیێ
05:05
as teaching fellows
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وەک هەڤالێن خواندنێ
05:07
to help kids realize
their college ambitions?
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داکو هاریکاریا زارۆکان بکەن
بۆ ئارەزوێن وان بۆ زانکۆیێ
05:10
What if empowered high-achieving kids
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ئەگەر دەرفەت بۆ زارۆکێن خودان شیان هەبیت
05:12
as mentors to tutor their younger peers
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وەک شێوەرمەند بۆ نیشاندانا
هەڤالێن خۆ یێن بچویک تر
05:15
and inspire them
to invest in their education?
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و وان هانبدەین داکو وەبەرهێنانێ
دخواندنا خۆ دا بکەن؟
05:19
What if we empowered all kids as scholars,
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دێ چاوا بت ئەگەر مە دەرفەت بۆ
هەمی زارۆکان ڕەخساند وەک شاهرەزایا بن،
05:23
asked them what colleges
they were going to,
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پرسیار ژوان هاتبا کرن
کا وان دڤیا بچنە کیژ زانکۆیێ،
05:26
designed a summer school
they want to attend
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قوتابخانا هاڤینێ دیزاین بکەن بڕەنگەکێ
کو وان ڤیابا بەشداریێ تێدا بکەن
05:30
to completely eliminate
the summer learning loss
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داکو ب تەمامی بەرزەبوونا خواندنێ
ل هاڤینێ نەمینیت
05:32
and close two-thirds
of the achievement gap?
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و دوو-سێکێن
ڤالەهیا سەرکەفتنێ بهێنە گرتن؟
05:37
By this summer, my team will have served
over 4,000 low-income children,
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ل ڤێ هاڤینێ , تیما من بنێزیکی خزمەتا ٤٠٠٠
زارۆکێن هەژار کرینە،
05:41
trained over 300 aspiring teachers
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ڕاهێنان ب ٣٠٠ ماموستایێن ئارەزوومەند کرینە
05:44
and created more than 1,000 seasonal jobs
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و پتر ژ ١٠٠٠ کارێن وەرزی هاتینە دەستەبرکرن
05:47
across some of New York City's
most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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ل هندەک گەڕەکێن باژارێ نیویورک ئەوێن
ژ هەمیان هەژار تر.
05:51
(Applause)
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(دەست قوتان)
05:56
And our kids are succeeding.
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و زارۆکێن مە یێ ب سەردکەڤن.
05:59
Two years of independent evaluations
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دوو ساڵ ژ نرخاندنێن سەربخۆ
06:01
tell us that our kids
eliminate the summer learning loss
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د بێژیتە مە کۆ زارۆکێن مە
بیرڤەچوونا هاڤینێ نەهێلایە
06:04
and make growth of one month in math
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و گەشێ پەیدا دکەت
د ئێک هەیڤ دا ل بیرکاریێ
06:06
and two months in reading.
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و دوو هەیڤ د ڤەخواندنێ دا.
06:08
So instead of returning to school
in the fall three months behind,
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ڤێجا ل شوینا ڤەگەریانێ بۆ
قوتابخانێ ل پایزێ پشتی بورینا سێ هەیڤان،
06:11
they now go back four months ahead in math
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نۆکە ئەو د زڤرنەڤە و ب چار هەیڤان
پێشیا بیرکاریێ دکەڤن
06:15
and five months ahead in reading.
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و ب پێنج هەیڤا ژی دکەڤنە پێشیا ڤەخواندنێ.
06:17
(Applause)
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(دەست قوتان)
06:24
Ten years ago, if you would have told me
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ژبەری ١٠ ساڵان، ئەگەر تە گوتبا من
06:26
that I'd graduate in the top 10 percent
of my class from an Ivy League institution
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کو ئەز دێ دەرچم ژ ١٠٪ ژ قوتابیێن پولا من
ل پەیمانگەها ئایڤی لیگ
06:30
and have an opportunity to make a dent
on our public education system
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و چانسێ وێ چەندێ هەبیت داکۆ گوهرینەکا
زوور دروست بکەم ل سیستەمێ خواندنێ
06:34
just by tackling two months
of the calendar year,
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تنێ ب بکارئینانا دوو هەیڤان
ژ ساڵێ،
06:38
I would have said,
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ئەز دا بێژم،
06:40
"Nah. No way."
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"نە. نەخێر."
06:43
What's even more exciting
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ئەو تشتێ ژ هەمیان خوشتر ئەوە
06:45
is that if we can prevent
five months of lost time
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کو ئەم نەهێلین ٥ هەیڤ
ژ دەستێن مە بچن
06:48
just by redesigning two months,
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تنێ ب ڕێک ئێخستنا دوو هەیڤان،
06:51
imagine the possibilities
that we can unlock
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هزرا خو بکەن د وان ئەگەران یێن ئەم
دشێین ب دەست ڤە بینین
06:54
by tackling the rest of the calendar year.
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ب ڕێک ئێخستنا ڕۆژێن ساڵێ هەمیێ.
06:58
Thank you.
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سوپاس بۆ وە.
(دەست قوتان)
06:59
(Applause)
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Translated by Kerîm Hêriş
Reviewed by Ahmed Yousify

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Karim Abouelnaga - Education entrepreneur
Karim 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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