The Cargill Foundation awarded a 1.5 million dollar, three-year grant to three North Minneapolis charter schools including Harvest Preparatory, Best Academy and Mastery School. These three schools are recognized for their success and ongoing efforts towards closing the achievement gap for low-income students and students of color living in North Minneapolis. The grant will fund the expansion of The Harvest Network of Schools so they can provide their services to more North Minneapolis students. As a Best Academy board member, PsTL Teaching Specialist and Director of the African American Read In Ezra Hyland commented, “this type of partnership between public charter schools, the University and corporations like Cargill, is the only way we can permanently improve education in communities most in need.”