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IRP Research Fellow, Baris Gumus-Dawes, will be speaking at the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Annual Human Rights Law & Policy Conference, June 15, 2007. Her talk Racial and Economic Segregation in Schools: Barrier to Quality and Equality in Education, may be viewed by clicking on the adjacent link.
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A new report by the Institute on Race & Poverty (IRP) reveals the disturbing extent of school segregation in the Twin Cities region. However, the authors envision a brighter future if an already successful school choice program is expanded. The report describes how economic and racial segregation harms children and the region.
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The Institute on Race & Poverty (IRP) has just released its latest report, “Digital Justice: Progress Towards Digital Inclusion in Minnesota.” The report makes the connection between access to the Internet and access to life opportunities such as living-wage jobs. IRP analyzed the ways that many Minnesota institutions are improving the underserved populations’ access to technology. The institutions included are community technology centers, public schools, public libraries, municipalities, and Indian reservations.
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A report on the extent to which projected growth in Minnesota DNR's 17-county Central Region threatens the region's remaining sensitive natural areas (2006).
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On June 17, 2008, Executive Director Myron Orfield used the accompanying PowerPoint in a presentation at the Soros Justice Fellowships meeting held in San Francisco, CA.
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Presentation documenting change in Twin Cities schools, location of low income housing and demographics for "Choice is Yours" program.
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NEW MAPS AVAILABLE
250 maps of 15 regions
IRP tracks racial change in fifteen major U.S. metro areas in this new study. Download the short briefing paper and identify stably integrated and newly integrated communities in your region in the 250 maps now available for download on the web site.
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IRP has undertaken a large study of recent job growth in the Atlanta region, with the goal of analyzing the level of access people of all incomes and races have to those jobs.
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Published law review articles authored (or co-authored) by IRP Executive Director Myron Orfield.
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IRP is working with many Twin Cities organizations to improve access and opportunity for all residents. Learn more about the four related projects:
(1) Transit Equity on the North Side,
(2) Investments in the University Corridor,
(3) Immigration & Jobs on the West Bank,
and (4) Latinos in the Region.
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