we need six classrooms. it s squeezing into this place with harvest prep and best academy. and starting at kindergarten to 2nd grade. among the 2nd graders, levon longstreet. he s 7 years old and this will be his fourth school. for eric mahmoud, it will be another front to improve education for poor black children in minneapolis. does it feel like a battle to you? every day. having to justify how we do things. how does he do things? highly structured, longer days. excellent job. a longer school year, an afro sent rick structure and lots of testing. all that has critics charging
pass proficiency tests and the percentage of black kids who pass those same tests. in minneapolis, the achievement gaps are massive. in reading, white students are ahead of black students by 44 points. in math, white students are ahead of black students by 49 points. i believe i can fly but there are two schools that get stellar outcomes for black children. they are charter schools, run by this man, eric mahmoud. he s an engineer turned educator, who oversees harvest prep, a coed kindergarten through 6th grade school.
burns and everybody that works with them to push them and make sure they re successful. i just want to keep it going and give all these children a chance to have a successful life. for mr. price, it means long hours. our teachers are here by 7:30 in the morning and they don t leave until 5:00, 5:30. ten hours a day. can you move to a really long day, which is what eric mahmoud has done? i want to get there, and it s going to take a lot of conversations with the union to do that. do you think you ll ever get there? i m going to try my damndest. those long hours at mahmoud s school have his critics questioning if his model can survive long-term. i don t know necessarily know if you or i or anybody else can raise a family if we re spending that much time at work. what do these two letters say? can those teachers stay there for 10, 15 years. mr. price has been teaching at mahmoud s school for more
school have his critics questioning if his model can survive long-term. i don t know necessarily know if you or i or anybody else can raise a family if we re spending that much time at work. what do these two letters say? can those teachers stay there for 10, 15 years. mr. price has been teaching at mahmoud s school for more than nine years. what is your teacher retention rate? our teacher retention is anywhere from 65% to 70%. the district s retention rate, more than 90%. school is all about challenge. then another blow for eric mahmoud. eric called you and said there will be a story in the paper. i was shocked and concerned. there had been newspaper stories revolving around a 2005 case in georgia where mahmoud and four others were charged with residential mortgage fraud. at the time i was managing
on standardized math and reading tests. it s called the achievement gap. the difference between the percentage of white kids who pass proficiency tests and the percentage of black kids who pass those same tests. in minneapolis, the achievement gaps are massive. in reading, white students are ahead of black students by 44 points. in math, white students are ahead of black students by 49 points. i believe i can fly but there are two schools that get stellar outcomes for black children. they are charter schools, run by this man, eric mahmoud.