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higher than they are for black children in the city of minneapolis. but there are still large achievement gaps. the point is, you may get a bump in achievement, but it doesn t change the game. i m talking about game-changing achievement at our school, and we re not focused on who they re sitting next to. ahead, is eric mahmoud losing his battle? i just knew that all the people who were against what he was doing were going to find ways of using this as a leverage to stop the good work. have they been able to do that?
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. the district or charters. people think you re giving up on public education. are you giving up? absolutely not. we can t. it s an experiment of sorts.
the city s district schools. if you were to shine a light on the few schools that are doing really well, eric mahmoud s school would be one of those. why not say whatever it is he s doing, let s do more of that. by what standard is he doing well? a standard by which most schools are judged, proficiency on reading and math tests. the problem is those tests are flawed to begin with. the idea that we are measuring with these standardized test is part of the problem. if i look at bethune across the street, their math and reading scores are awful. bethune elementary is a district school located behind mahmoud s building. for black students at bethune, 89% cannot do math at grade level. 70% can t read at their grade level. why is that a better model than someone who at least has great math and reading scores? it s not that bethune is a