Senate GOP seeks to break up Minneapolis Public Schools

Minnesota Senate Republicans want to dismantle Minneapolis Public Schools and create six smaller school districts in an attempt to close one of the state’s largest achievement gaps between white and minority students.

Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, says this is a way to overhaul a system that has been failing year after year.

“In order to change results and the achievement gap, you have to think about how to change the system, how do you make it more responsive to the parents that it serves,” Hann said at a news conference.

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