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Minneapolis

August 3, 2020 by

Minneapolis

In cities like Minneapolis, which is well-known for its prosperous economy and progressive values, one might expect a more equitable distribution of wealth, power, and opportunity for people of color, including access to high quality schools for all children. But it is an open secret in Minneapolis and the Twin Cities that black and Latino children are being left behind within the public school system.

Among 12 of the most progressive cities in America, Minneapolis has the highest black-white and Latino-white gaps in high school graduation rates at 25 and 30 percentage points, respectively. The city has also tolerated a 53-point gap between Black children’s proficiency rates in both reading and math in comparison to their white peers.

MINNEAPOLIS ACTIONS

Call On Minneapolis Public Schools to Teach LGBTQ+ History

Minneapolis Public Schools does not mandate the inclusion of LGBTQ+ history in the district, meaning many of our young people are not represented in the curriculum. Demand that the district do better for our LGBTQ+ students and community as a whole.

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Demand Minneapolis Public Schools Implement an Evidence-Based Literacy Plan

Half of Minneapolis Public Schools students don't read at grade-level. Demand that Superintendent Ed Graff implement a real, actionable, evidence-based literacy plan to get Minneapolis students the reading instruction they deserve.

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Minneapolis Activists

 

Khulia Pringle

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