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The Minneapolis Public School board is canceling its contract with the city’s police department, following a unanimous vote on Tuesday. It had previously budgeted $1.1 million to employ school resource officers (SROs), according to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, a program that students and organizers have been challenging for years.

But it was...

Colorlines: Minneapolis Board of Ed Unanimously Votes to Remove Police From Public Schools

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The Minneapolis Board of Education (MBOE) voted unanimously on Tuesday (June 2) to end their contract with the local police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, The Guardian reports. “We cannot continue to be in partnership with an organization that has the culture of violence and racism that...

MSP Mag: Minneapolis Students Pressure School District to Sever Ties with the Police

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When Rayna Acha hears a cop car rush through her neighborhood, her stomach drops.

"I see a lot of police where I live, and it's scary. I get scared for my neighbors because they're Black," she says. This constant anxiety around the police doesn't end when she goes to school....

We demand MPS end its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department

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Dear Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Directors,

We are writing to demand Minneapolis Public Schools end its partnership with the Minneapolis Police Department following the racialized violence that has taken place at the hands of its officers, as exemplified in the murder of George Floyd this...

Our Turn's COVID-19 Student Impact Report

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We Surveyed Over 235 Students

Our Turn conducted a survey of young people in April 2020 to understand how COVID-19 is impacting them and their educational experiences.

We know that inequities in our society have always existed in education, yet recent events have exacerbated these inequities in countless ways. Young people...

On a 6-3 vote, Minneapolis school board approves controversial redistricting plan

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The Minneapolis school board on Tuesday approved a sweeping and controversial plan that will reshape the state’s third-largest school district for years to come and shuffle thousands of students to new schools.

The school board voted 6-3 in favor of Superintendent Ed Graff’s redistricting plan for Minneapolis Public Schools during...