The Minneapolis school board will vote tonight on Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson's new academic strategic plan.
The new goals, named Acceleration 2020, aim at closing the achievement gap and dramatically lowering suspensions for students of color.
Over the next six years, the district will track 47 measures designed to achieve six goals: increasing student graduation rates and college readiness, eliminating disparities, improving community involvement, allocating more resources directly to schools, creating financial stability, and development of school staff.
District officials want math and reading scores to increase 5 percent every year for the next five years. For students of color, leaders want those standards to increase by 8 percent each year.
The district is also aiming to increase its graduation rate by 10 percent each year.
Below is the planned district's presentation to the board.
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