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Orfield Quoted on School Funding Proposal

—Professor Myron Orfield provided testimony to the New Jersey Legislature's Assembly Budget and Education Committees, regarding Governor Jon Corzine's proposal to overhaul the state's system for funding education…

Orfield Editorial on Minn. Schools in Star Tribune

—Professor Orfield's OpEd, "Segregation is back, and our future is on the line," in the Minneapolis Star Tribune discusses the rapid economic and racial resegregation occuring in Minnesota's schools. This…

Orfield to Appear on KFAI Radio's Truth to Tell

—Professor Myron Orfield will appear on KFAI (90.3, 106.7) radio's Truth to Tell, 11:00 am, October 17, 2007 discussing, Racism, Resegregation, and Remedies in Education. Co-hosts Andy Driscoll and Lynnell…

Orfield Quoted on St. Paul School Choice

—Professor Orfield was cited in a recent Star Tribune article "A course in marketing," about the St. Paul public school district competing for students against private, charter, and public schools…

Orfield in Star Tribune on School Resegregation

—Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Institute on Race & Poverty, Myron Orfield was recently quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on the pattern of school resegregation in the state of…

Orfield Article Published in CURA Reporter

—Professor Myron Orfield, executive director of the Institute on Race and Poverty, and Nicholas Wallace, published "Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School and Housing Choice" in the recent summer edition of…

Orfield Cited in Star Tribune on Race-Based Policy

—Professor Myron Orfield's study, "The Choice is Ours: Expanding Education Opportunity for all Twin Cities…

Orfield Comments on Texas School Dist. Petition

—Some residents of Northgate Forest, an upscale subdivision in Texas, are trying to take advantage of a little-known provision in state law to get out of the increasingly diverse Spring school district and join the…

Orfield Tapped for Regionalism Expertise

—Professor Myron Orfield, Executive Director of the Institute on Race & Poverty, will lead a “community forum” focusing on regional…

Prof. Orfield and Research Fellow Will Stancil '13 Co-Author Star Tribune Op-Ed on Historical Responses to Violent Crime, and How to Break the Cycle

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In a Sunday StarTribune opinion piece, Professor Myron Orfield and Research Fellow Will Stancil write that violent crime is one of the many harms of racial and economic segregation and argue that a police-only…