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Minneapolis Public Schools Lose Students To Charter Schools

Students  are  Fleeing  Minneapolis  Schoolsproblem for Minneapolis schools. Surveys in
the African American community show that
Minneapolis schools are being faced with theblack parents in general tend to be
prospect of empty school buildings as moredissatisfied with the quality of education in
and more students flee the system to charterMinneapolis public schools. Not that they
schools in the district. Minneapolishave any reason to feel differently. In 2005,
schools' enrollment figures have plummeted tobarely 29 % of black students in the eighth
just 36,000 this year - that's almost halfgrades in Minneapolis schools managed to pass
its capacity of 50,000 students. Schools inbasic math tests and just 47% could manage to
the north side have felt the pinch thescrape through the reading tests. Graduation
hardest with a 44 percent drop in enrollmentrates for black students at Minneapolis
over the past five years. All indicationsschools were some of the lowest at fifty
are that there is no stemming this tide andpercent. Besides blacks, Asian students are
Minneapolis schools have already announcedjoining the growing movement out of
plans to close 5 schools leaving more thanMinneapolis  schools.
2000 students in the lurch, desperately
scrambling  to  find  new  schools.Moves to Stem the Tide at Minneapolis Schools
The Exodus of Blacks and Minorities fromThe success of charter schools can be traced
Minneapolis  Schoolsto a number of factors. School sizes are
smaller, and it is generally believed that
A bulk of the students that chose to leaveteaching staff are more in tune with
Minneapolis public schools belongs to highstudents' requirements and are better able to
poverty black neighborhoods and othermeet these needs. Minneapolis schools have
minority communities. The statistics revealbegun to realize that immediate steps have to
a strong yet disturbing trend. In thebe taken to avoid the current migration of
'99-'00 academic year, more than 48,000 blackstudents. School authorities have proposed
students sought admission in Minneapolisinitiatives that require schools in the
schools. Compare this to the bleak picturedistrict to offer additional emphasis on
painted for 2008 when enrollment from blackmusic, arts, and language besides improving
students  is expected to touch barely 33,500.their core academic curricula. It's hoped
that raising the bar on academic learning
Most black students prefer to enroll atwill stem the growing tide. Even if the
charter schools in the district which haveschools do not succeed in attracting students
perceived higher standards than publicback to their fold, one hopes that at the
Minneapolis schools. This problem of "blackvery least they will be able to stop students
flight" is, authorities agree, a seriousleaving in masses.



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