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Minneapolis and St. Paul schools are losing students. Enrollment has been declining for decades in the wake of falling birth rates and the rise of charter schools and open enrollment. With federal stimulus dollars on the way, why are these neighbors facing the same problem with different solutions?

 for The 74, a nonprofit news site that covers education in America, and she told Minnesota Now host Cathy Wurzer about the story.

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Declining enrollment in Minneapolis and St. Paul schools has accelerated during the pandemic, putting the districts in a financial crunch. With federal stimulus dollars on the way, why are these neighbors facing the same problem with different solutions? Education reporter Beth Hawkins brought host Cathy Wurzer more on the story.

Two different solutions to plummeting school enrollment in the Twin Cities

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