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Students are Fleeing Minneapolis Schools
Minneapolis schools are being faced with the prospect of empty school buildings as more and more students flee the system to charter schools in the district. Minneapolis schools? enrollment [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] figures have plummeted to just 36,000 this year - that?s almost half its capacity of 50,000 students. Schools in the north side have felt the pinch the hardest with a 44 percent drop in enrollment over the past five years. All indications are that there is no stemming this tide [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] and Minneapolis schools have already announced plans to close 5 schools leaving more than 2000 students in the lurch, desperately scrambling to find new schools.
The Exodus of Blacks and Minorities from Minneapolis Schools
A bulk of the students that chose to leave Minneapolis public [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] schools belongs to high poverty black neighborhoods and other minority communities. The statistics reveal a strong yet disturbing trend. In the ?99-?00 academic year, more than 48,000 black students sought [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] admission in Minneapolis schools. Compare this to the bleak picture painted for 2008 when enrollment from black students is [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] expected to touch barely 33,500.
Most black students prefer to enroll at charter schools in the district which have perceived higher standards than public Minneapolis schools. This problem of ?black flight? is, authorities agree, a serious problem for Minneapolis schools. Surveys in the African American [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] community show that black parents in general tend to be dissatisfied with the quality of education in Minneapolis public schools. Not that they have any reason to feel differently. In 2005, barely [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] 29 % of black students in the eighth grades in Minneapolis schools managed to pass basic math tests and just 47% could manage to scrape through the reading tests. Graduation rates for black students at Minneapolis schools were some of the lowest at fifty percent. Besides blacks, Asian students are joining the growing movement out of Minneapolis schools.
Moves to Stem the Tide at Minneapolis Schools
The success of charter schools can be traced to a number of factors. School sizes are smaller, and it is generally believed that teaching staff are more in tune with students? requirements and are better able to meet these needs. Minneapolis schools have begun to realize that immediate steps have to be taken [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] to avoid the current migration of students. School authorities have proposed initiatives that require schools in the district to offer additional emphasis on music, arts, and language besides [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] improving their core academic curricula. It?s hoped that raising [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the bar on academic learning will stem the growing tide. Even if the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] schools do not succeed in attracting students back to their fold, one hopes that at the very least they will be able to stop students leaving in masses.
Posted:April 16, 2011Comments:Views:5
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