Generation Next<\/a> and Muneer Karcher-Ramos of the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood talked about their work to change systems in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\nDoing systems-level work means not resting until we create new systems that work for every child. Walker from Generation Next, a local partnership in the Cradle to Career Network, said we all have the story of one child whose life was transformed by this work. But we need to eliminate inequities so every student has a success story.<\/p>\n
Despite all their great work, all three panelists agreed they are far from realizing the dream they\u2019re fighting for. Minnesota still has one of the highest achievement gaps in the nation between white and black students. All three panelists said that it\u2019s going to take public funding to drive the work that private philanthropic dollars are simply unable to.<\/p>\n
Minnesota\u2019s State legislature recently passed $6 million to support cradle-to-career partnerships. This is a huge win for the cities and rural communities in Minnesota, but as we learned from Steve Ballmer a day earlier, this is not even a drop in the bucket of the more than $590 billion public dollars spent in the education space each year. We have to better align those dollars for the equitable impact we\u2019re all striving for.<\/p>\n
In her closing remarks, Sondra described the current place in time we find ourselves. We inherited a house that wasn\u2019t built right \u2014 one that was built on a foundation of slavery and oppression. However, we have the tools to fix the foundation, but first we must acknowledge the truth about poverty in America and the education of students of color. We must spend our lives working to change that truth because it is unacceptable.<\/p>\n
This resonated a lot with what I heard from people at the convening. We must be prepared to blow up broken systems and we must be willing to rebuild better ones. We must be willing to step into our power because 14 million kids in America need us to right now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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