04-03-2006
IRP staff published an article about emerging job centers in the Twin Cities region, highlighting the relative access various communities have to the emerging jobs. Follow the link below to access the Spring 2006 CURA Reporter article.
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03-29-2006
IRP director Myron Orfield presented the findings from the Institute's Minority Suburbanization report at the Michigan Civil Rights Summit on March 27, 2006. The Detroit Free Press ran this story.
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02-19-2006
Land owners facing steep hikes in property taxes due to encroaching development lash out at the seeming unfairness of the tax system.
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11-08-2005
Suburban Omaha school officials are saying people should look to Minneapolis for a solution to the districts' dispute with the Omaha Public Schools, by allowing low-income kids from OPS to get an education in the suburbs. Comments from IRP's Myron Orfield and Ann Olson are included in the article.
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09-30-2005
Minnesota Public Radio's radio program, "The Loop: From Here to There" features IRP director Myron Orfield on the subjects of race, housing and transportation.
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09-25-2005
Nathan Glazer reviews Jonathan Kozol's latest book, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America in the New York Times.
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09-25-2005
Alan Finder of the New York Times writes about Raleigh, N.C.'s remarkable student test scores in light of the school district's economic integration program.
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06-07-2005
Taxpayers across the country are rebelling against rising property taxes. The Christian Science Monitor cites Myron Orfield as an expert on property taxes and the national trends.
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06-02-2005
IRP director Myron Orfield was recently named the 2005-2006 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs.
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05-09-2005
The Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities just released "The Segregation of Opportunities," a report co-authored by IRP. The report documents race, housing and opportunity in the Chicago region.
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