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Stop the Scam: Minneapolis Students Need Education Choice

Jonathan Butcher | Zac Briley

One classical school in Minneapolis offers a lesson on how to create opportunities in tough areas. Policymakers and special interest groups should pay attention.

In May, at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Rep. Bob Onder, R-Mo., described a reality that has been obvious to parents in the inner city for years: “Democrats and their teacher union allies are opposed to giving poor children, and yes, poor black children [and] poor Hispanic children, opportunity to achieve a good education.”

Students from low-income families, especially those in urban areas, are often assigned to public schools that have been persistently low performing for generations. These families’ situations are even more dire in cities that have repeated instances of fraud and mismanagement among assigned schools.

Though teachers unions refuse to admit it, there is a way out for these families. A great example can be found in Minneapolis, where city officials have lost the trust of residents due to repeated scams and a public school budget deeply in the red.

Minneapolis made headlines in 2026 for widespread childcare fraud and empty “learning centers” that received millions in taxpayer spending. The city’s public schools are also stuffed with taxpayer dollars, even as many of them fail to fill........

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