70 research outputs found
Why Are the Twin Cities So Segregated?
The following report explains the paradox between the Twin Cities’ progressive politics and regional planning, and its relatively high levels of racial segregation. In doing so, it shows how powerful special interests have worked with local, regional, and state government to preserve the segregated status quo, and in the process have undermined school integration and sabotaged the nation’s most effective regional housing integration program
America\u27s Diverse Suburbs Presentation (2011)
Presentation on fully developed suburbs, the first suburb
Growth Pressures on Sensitive Natural Areas: The Environment and Growth in the Twin Cities
Presentation on environmental effects of growth in the Twin Citie
Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Response to Charter School Partners January 6 Post
Charter School Partners’ (CSP) January 6 blog post titled Minnesota Charters 2014: Part I: Building a high-impact charter sector, Closing the opportunity/achievement gap misrepresents recent Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity (IMO) updates on charter schools in the Twin Cities
Update of IRP\u27s 2008 Report on Charter Schools in the Twin Cities
This report updates the data underlying the 2008 report entitled Failed Promises: Assessing Charter Schools in the Twin Cities
Are Minneapolis and St. Paul Gentrifying?
Analysis of twelve key economic and demographic indicators shows little or no evidence of gentrification in any Minneapolis or St. Paul neighborhood. This work examines a range of characteristics associated with gentrification for the period from 2000 to 2013, including income, poverty, racial transition, displacement, home ownership, house values, rents, vacancies and affordability of the housing stock
Regional Strategies to Integrate Twin Cities Schools and Neighborhoods
This combination policy brief and research paper shows a close relationship between segregation in schools and neighborhoods and argues that policy reform for schools and housing must be closely related and regionally coordinated
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