Kandice Sumner: How America's public schools keep kids in poverty
Kandice Sumner: كيف تُبقي المدارس العامة في أميركا الأطفال فقراء ؟
Kandice Sumner thinks we've been looking at the "achievement gap" in education all wrong. Full bio
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that their kid is the most fantastic,
هم الأكثر روعة،
inventive, innovative,
وابتكاراً
that you'll ever meet.
الإطلاق.
in my classroom is my kid.
هو طفلي.
parents aren't rich
أغنياء
are mostly of color,
my mother, an educator.
و أمي، معلمة.
ambition in our house.
في منزلنا.
that lacked wealth,
that lacked wealth.
the educational jackpot
التعليم
black and brown --
an hour-long bus ride
تستغرق الساعة بالباص
everyone had a life just like mine.
الجميع مثلي.
using the brown crayons
التلوين البنية
the peach-colored ones.
تلك ذات اللون الدراقي.
everyone was just like me.
مثلي تماماً.
noticing things, like:
don't have to wake up
don't even have a music class?
حصة موسيقى؟
learning and reading material
مواد
this unlawful feeling in my belly,
that I wasn't supposed to be doing;
that I was being exposed to
fully equipped athletic facilities,
رياضية مجهزَّة بالكامل،
theatre departments
fully resourced biology or chemistry labs,
أو علم أحياء كاملة المصادر،
for this amazing opportunity
of other kids just like me,
هم مثلي تماماً،
only exclusive to the rich?
بالأغنياء فقط؟
of survivor's remorse.
يحس به الناجون.
were experiencing
was being treated and educated.
النصف الثاني.
justify the disparity.
عدم المساواة.
from which I sought refuge.
اللجوء منه.
that were given to me as a student,
كتلميذة،
access to those same tools
when I've cried in frustration,
من الإحباط،
the way that I was taught,
التي تعلمتُ بها،
to the same resources or tools
أو الأدوات
our heads again this term:
and these kids don't?
and call it was it really is.
كما هو
resources that were never invested
التي لم نستثمرها
and brown child over time.
created specifically for people of color
خصيصاً من أجل الناس الملونين
for another TED Talk.
was built, bought and paid for
بناؤه وشراؤه والدفع من أجله
from the slave trade and slave labor.
العبيد والسخرة.
and prohibited from schooling,
ومنعهم من الذهاب إلي المدرسة،
the very institution
educational policy, reform,
تعليم، وإصلاح
to retrofit the design,
and acknowledging:
of American educational history.
the whole slavery thing.
هذا الشيء المتعلق بالعبودية
of philanthropic white people,
things were indeed separate,
منفصلة بالفعل،
of Topeka, Kansas in 1954;
بـTopeka, Kansas في 1954،
is now illegal.
to all of the court cases since then,
لكل قضايا المحاكم منذ ذلك الوقت،
promised land for every child
are now more segregated
to desegregate them in the first place.
إزالة هذا الفصل في البداية.
the Little Rock Nine,
عن الصخرة الصغيرة رقم تسعة،
the voice of a child ask,
to cultivate in my kids a love of reading.
حب القراءة.
from secondhand shops,
called DonorsChoose,
DonorsChoose،
and just make a wish list
قائمة أمان وحسب
were sent to my room piece by piece.
غرفتي قطعة قطعة.
and my kids would exclaim with glee,
يهتفون من البهجة،
these books come from?"
wanted you to have these."
تحصلوا عليها."
for me when one of my girls,
عندما إحدى فتياتي،
I figured you bought these books,
اشتريتِ هذه الكتب،
are always buying us stuff.
أشياءً لنا.
someone I don't even know,
أعرفه حتى،
will take care of you
signing out books to take home,
على كتبٍ ليأخذوها للمنزل،
with the exclamation,
"Take out a book and read,"
if the resources were there.
كانت المصادر موجودة.
done right by the black and brown child.
الطفل الأسود والأسمر.
How did we get here?"
كيف وصلنا إلى هنا؟"
the right to be surprised
is the new "it" term for the moment.
الاقتصادي الجديد "للشيء" حالياً.
is directly proportionate
can get a high-quality education
على تعليم عالي الجودة
on a macro level.
الأدنى.
be decided by property taxes
على ضرائب الملكية
to benefit from state aid,
معونة الولاية،
having food and resources
باستمرار
city council members --
وأعضاء مجلس المدينة -
public education public education,
العام،
call it what it really is:
that education is the "great equalizer,"
"المعادل الأعظم"،
equal and equitable.
متساو وعادل.
in our democratic education.
تعليمنا الديمقراطي.
of the black and brown child
on the philanthropy of others.
or nephew or neighbor
ابن أخيك/أختك أو جارك
to adopt an impoverished school
in communication
to do something about it.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kandice Sumner - EducatorKandice Sumner thinks we've been looking at the "achievement gap" in education all wrong.
Why you should listen
Kandice A. Sumner, M.Ed. teaches humanities (a combination of history and English) for the Boston Public Schools and is a Doctoral student in Urban Educational Policy. Sumner created and facilitates a professional development curriculum entitled R.A.C.E. (race, achievement, culture and equity) to engage professionals of all ages on how to conduct courageous critical conversations concerning race for the betterment of today’s youth. As the subject of the documentary film Far From Home, Kandice speaks publicly and consults with organizations on facilitating difficult conversations about race and education.
Born and raised in urban Boston, Kandice graduated from a suburban school system through a voluntary desegregation program (METCO). She then matriculated Spelman College (a historically Black liberal arts college) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. From being one of a few Blacks in her school to learning at a historically Black college to teaching in the underserved and predominately Black and Latino neighborhoods of Boston, Sumner has spent a lifetime traversing the lines of race, class and gender.
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