Myron Orfield
Myron Orfield
Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law
Director, Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity

Prof. Orfield's Study on Charter Schools Cited by Local Media

Professor Myron Orfield, Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and Research Director Thomas Luce, released a study that documents the growth of predominantly white charter schools in racially diverse suburbs, notes that charter schools in the metropolitan area continue to underperform similar public schools, and documents the fiscal costs of charter school competition to the Minneapolis and St. Paul school systems. The study has been cited in local media including:

KARE 11
Minnesota Public Radio
MinnPost
Star Tribune
Star Tribune Editorial Board