Why most students are getting the least out of school | Dan Cardinali | TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue

Did you know that the majority of our nation's K-12 students are living in poverty and are systematically lacking the external supports they need to succeed in school? In his well-informed, compelling talk, Dan Cardinali, President of Communities in Schools, makes a very passionate plea for weaving Integrated Student Supports into the very design of public education in order to drive students' holistic development while negating poverty's predictive effect on lower academic performance.
Dan Cardinali is president of Communities In Schools (CIS), the nation’s largest and most effective dropout prevention organization serving nearly 1.5 million students in 26 states and the District of Columbia. Cardinali’s singular focus on providing opportunity to all students has been fueled by his experience working with impoverished communities in the South Bronx, Appalachia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Mexico. He is a respected voice in the national debate over education reform, frequently informs the news media, and routinely partners with think tanks, strategic funders, universities and policy forums. Cardinali is a 2007 Annie E. Casey Children and Families Fellow and leads the K-12 subcommittee of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for Hispanics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@marleneott560]

You really got the heart of the education problem nowadays. It isn't about kids who are just lazy to learn. It's about kids who don't have the appropriate requirement to pursue a successful career. We as a constantly developing society are obliged to make sure that every human being has the same chances of becoming successful regardless of the culture, age or ethnic group.

[@olisal8566]

He should do audiobooks, his voice is so calming haha

[@kaiti.n.e]

Kids spend most of their lives in SCHOOL until they graduate. 8 hours a day, 300 days a year, for 13 years, from the time they're five. Wether we like it or not, school IS raising kids to become citizens. Schools should be teaching us how to do critical thinking, how to be creative, how to be social, how to be patient, how to do constructive criticism, help us find out who we are and what we want to do with the rest of our lives. Right now, schools are all about standardized tests in order to compete with other countries. Not raising citizens. We are in the information age, where we can find out basically anything we want to by GOOGLE. There needs to be a reform to schools. Period.

[@econdude3811]

Aren't you arguing that schools should teach various items that cannot be taught, at least in a classroom setting and perhaps at all? Schools are horrifically bad at "teaching" much of what you listed

[@Abayommi]

Fantastic - looking foward to helping develop this program.

[@marshacreary9771]

Firstly there was the separate but not equal standards, socioeconomic disparities and barriers without a means to overcome those barriers, disproportionately facing substance abuse, teen pregnancy, violence, mass incarceration, single parenting etc. Without a means to solve the issue of both income inequality and wealth inequality, we will continue to have the same reoccurring problems

[@malcorub]

Great presentation. I had to look up "non cognitive skills" as I wasn't sure what exactly that meant.

[@denisebenedict9692]

This is what a Family Worker Does at Head Start.

[@minecraftminertime]

What do you mean?

[@cherylcarlson3315]

The focus on providing a person who is loving, provides needs and teaches kids is already taken. PARENT! Kids will succeed when focus is on helping parents meet needs. Have the farmer's market at the school after school and let parents help make novel community meals. Make wifi available on Saturday at school so parents can come to school and do distance learning. Have immunizations for the whole family a week before school starts at nominal price. Make some "loving person" available to parents who need to know resources and not just tell them look in phone book. Have mentors for parents of younger kids in the parents of the older kids. This would build a community, a strong family with way less money and definite improvement once you get parents past the pain, the discounting that happening in the model espoused in this video. The system check should be asking "Who is going to be there for this kid in 10 yrs?"

[@minecraftminertime]

Parents don't teach kids. Parents think teachers should teach kids.

[@sonofjesus1464]

THAT IS AN AMAZING IDEA. WE CAN HAVE A PRIVATE TEACHER :D

[@laurazuniga1108]

You state that low income students come to school with no cognitive skills, can you do research on students that come from middle to high income families with an individualistic mentality? At times they also have no self-regulation skills and come with the belief that only what they want matters.

[@mesoncharles7560]

yes we can

[@shannasansom]

Scary! I don't like sound of this at all! This is why I homeschool my children. They are 3 - 4 grade levels ahead of their peers and we focus most of our time on developing thier character. We are a one income family. I think most families could afford to have one income if they were not busy trying to keep up with the Jones. Working from home is also a possibility.

[@michaelnakedpctech1100]

Bring back the Kibbutz

[@jakemf1]

Parents should just turn their baby into the government because we have realized that parents are NEVER going to do the job they need to. This is the job of parents and instead of calling that out you now put a burden so huge on the school system which of course is paid for by the tax payers that are not these kids parents that we now are raising children in almost every aspect

[@minecraftminertime]

Not never. My parents are doing a good job. You should change that to most parents will only sometimes do the job they need to do.

[@HtineTEE]

jakemf1 Maybe of parents didn’t have to be slaves to capitalist corporations, then they’d have TIME to work with kids on school. And honestly most parents can’t even DO their kids school work and can’t afford tutors. Ever wonder why our school day is so long? It’s to match the parents workday. Essentially daycare.

[@pmessinger]

Guess again dimwit. So many parents simply neglect their responsibility to parent. The teachers have chosen to do anything but teach the traditional subjects that for so many decades gave kids the tools to make a living, but their social skills were tended by parents, churches and other organizations. This clown believes that the government can own the young people. Change the function back to how they were before teachers like him assumed they could experiment with a system that was already fully functional.

[@lesliemcclinton7844]

Let’s see we got to feed them entertain them babysit them teach English and discipline them and hope one parent speaks English. Thanks for what liberals have done to this country.

[@BLANSTAR21]

Yes, that's right! && we have to love "them". By that, I mean the "kids", since you didnt address them by name.