Prof. Orfield Answers WCCO's 'Good Question' on Achievement Gap in Minnesota

Professor Myron Orfield appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering the question, "Why Such a Large Achievement Gap in Minnesota Classrooms?" "One of the reasons that this inequality is great is that whites here do exceptionally well. The white population here is very well educated, very healthy, very prosperous," Orfield said. "The good question to ask is, 'Why haven't blacks who live here locally been able to keep up with whites in the same way?'" he said. "I think that's rooted a lot in the deep racial segregation we have between blacks and whites in the neighborhoods and school systems we have...in the way we experience Minnesota."