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04-01-2008
This new five-part documentary series examines the widening gaps between Minnesotans and demonstrates what communities and individuals are doing to contend with these disparities.
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12-06-2007
Minnesota's schools are rapidly resegregating along racial and economic lines.
This trend hurts all of the state's students, along with their families, their neighborhoods, and the region's present and future workforce.
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11-16-2007
A recent Minnpost.com article, "North Minneapolis schools face crisis of confidence" discusses the difficult education decisions being faced by families in North Minneapolis.
In the article, IRP Executive Director Myron Orfield responded to the increasing segregation of North Minneapolis schools. "In 1992, nine Twin Cities schools were deemed segregated. By 2002, the number had risen to 102, and there are many more now." Not only are schools more segregated, in North Minneapolis, there has also been an accelerated increase in the concentration of children of color from low-income homes. The effect: "Racially and socially isolated schools destroy children's lives."
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09-18-2007
Star Tribune article by James Walsh, September 17, 2007.
IRP Executive Director Myron Orfield talks about the increasing segregation of Twin Cities public schools and the difficulty for districts with increasing numbers of minority students to maintain racially and socially integrated schools.
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09-14-2007
IRP Executive Director, Myron Orfield was asked to comment on the resegregation of schools around the nation. The Star Tribune article was published August 31, 2007 by David Peterson
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07-10-2007
IRP Executive Director, Myron Orfield, comments on the recent United States Supreme Court decision outlawing race-based assignment policies at public schools in a July 9, 2007 Star Tribune article.
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05-18-2007
All those interested in the fate of our children's education - lawyers, educators, parents, school board members, legislators, policy-makers, students, superintendents, principals and others - WON'T WANT TO MISS this conference on June 15, 2007.
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01-04-2007
People who have access to the Internet have better access to life opportunities such as living-wage jobs, according to a report released today by the Institute on Race & Poverty at the University of Minnesota. The report, “Digital Justice: Progress Towards Digital Inclusion in Minnesota,” analyzes the ways that many Minnesota institutions are improving underserved populations' access to technology.
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01-04-2007
It's no secret that Northeast Ohio's vital signs are weak: Jobs have vanished. Cities' coffers have shrunk. Schools have decayed. People and businesses have moved out miles from the urban core. Many have left the region altogether.
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01-04-2007
YorkCounts will host two community forums with leading experts on regional cooperation. The first forum, on Jan. 10, will be led by David Rusk. He published an influential report that helped spawn YorkCounts, a broad coalition that aims to improve the quality of life in York County. The second forum, on Jan. 24, will be led by Myron Orfield, executive director of the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School.
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