enough room for our students in our other buildings and it is difficult because people are acustom to neighborhood schools and it is difficult because it s more about closing schools and mindset and, ultimately, quantitative differences in terms of student performance. dr. sanders, are you going around the country looking for money the way obviously mayor booker did of newark when he got the donation from the founder of facebook for $100 million? are you in that same boat? do you find yourself going out looking for charitable or corporate handouts? well, one of our the premsis of our effort here in cleveland is a public, private partnership. we have been very fortunate with a number of foundation. cleveland the gun foundation locally that have funded millions of dollars of our transformation work and it will require substantially more than that as we go forward. we re certainly in the same
happen. maybe not the mgm part. we re wrapping up our week-long special with a bold push for reform taking place in cleveland. last year more than 70% of the schools were failing. now the school district is implementing an overhaul. the goal zero failing schools and a 90% graduate rate. pretty ambitious goal. here with is the the man driving that change everyone dr. gene sanders. doctor sanders, it s great to have you here. i have to say, i love your motto whatever it takes, do more of what works, do less of what doesn t, and fast. this sounds simp, but of course it isn t. what is the number one reform you re trying to make? well, the first thing we re trying to do is change the mindset of how people feel about education. it s really important that we all believe we can make a