Minneapolis Schools Working With Churches To Get Help For Students

Yesterday's Twin Cities Daily Planet reports on the growing faith-based partnerships between churches and Minneapolis public schools. Under the Minneapolis School Board's Strategic Plan adopted last December, the schools reach out to faith-based instituitons seeking to have individual churches partner with a school. Some churches send tutors into the school; others have after-school programs on church premises. While there are no formal guidelines, the schools negotiate the scope of the program to avoid religious content that would create church-state issues.