and best academy, a kindergarten through eighth grade school with separate classes for boys and girls. what percentage of this school is african-american? 99% of the students are african-american. 92% are free and reduced lunch. so poor black kids? and successful. i m going to share with you the preliminary results. when the math scores of mahmoud s students are compared to white kids in minneapolis, there are gaps. but it s mahmoud s students who are ahead. at best academy, his students are six points ahead of the white average. at harvest prep, his students are 14 points ahead of white children. in reading, they re near to closing the achievement gap. best academy is behind by 13 points. harvest prep is just six points from closing the gap.
for regions, for our country. we re no longer competitive. it s a moral issue, it s an economic issue and we don t have time to play. the first new school is called mastery. by august of 20 12 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.
he s an engineer turned educator, who oversees harvest prep, a coed kindergarten through 6th grade school. and best academy, a kindergarten through eighth grade school with separate classes for boys and girls. what percentage of this school is african-american? 99% of the students are african-american. 92% are free and reduced lunch. so poor black kids? and successful. i m going to share with you the preliminary results. when the math scores of mahmoud s students are compared to white kids in minneapolis, there are gaps. but it s mahmoud s students who are ahead. at best academy, his students are six points ahead of the white average. at harvest prep, his students
are 14 points ahead of white children. in reading, they re near to closing the achievement gap. best academy is behind by 13 points. harvest prep is just six points from closing the gap. we re doing it, and these other schools are not doing it. successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. so he s working what are we going to do? with the city s public school superintendent. how controversial is that? you re the superintendent of a public school district everything i do is controversial. all in favor of the resolution, signify by saying aye. motion passes unanimously. in february 2012, a critical vote authorizes eric mahmoud to open four new charter schools over the next ten years. it puts them at the center of the initiative, to grow quality schools regardless of who runs them.
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