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—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a MinnPost article entitled "Shift in Growth may be Harbinger of Good Times for Minneapolis, St. Paul." Orfield commented on a study reporting that Minneapolis grew faster than…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in an article in Columbus, Indiana's The Republic entitled "Charter School Leaders to Meet in Minn. as Study Shows Fast-Growing Movement has Mixed Results." The article…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "U.S. House Committee Seeking Details over St. Paul's Housing Lawsuit Appeal Withdrawal." "It feels like St. Paul can decide whether it…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in MinnPost.com article entitled "House GOP Floats Plan to Restructure Regional Planning." Orfield commented on the proposed changes to the regional government system. Orfield and…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Huffington Post article, entitled "Charter School Segregation Target Of New Report." Orfield says that charter schools increase racial segregation, even in public schools.
—Professor Myron Orfield was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio to discuss integration efforts in Minnesota schools. Orfield was part of a 12-person task force that recommends greater oversight of how schools spend…
—Professor Myron Orfield was part of the Minnesota Department of Education's Integration Revenue Replacement Task Force…
—A 2010 report by the Institute on Race and Poverty was referenced in a Detroit Free Press article on the Detroit school system. As the state of Michigan moves to replace failing public schools with…
—Professor Myron Orfield and Vice President Walter Mondale were quoted in a Pioneer Press article, entitled "How Obama Administration got St. Paul to Pull Landlord Suit Out of Supreme Court." Both Orfield…
—Professor Myron Orfield's demographic research about black middle-class suburbanization and housing discrimination was discussed on Minnesota Public Radio. The MPR piece was on Minnesota's shrinking black middle…
—Professor Myron Orfield was featured in a Huffington Post article entitled "Myron Orfield, Scholar, Says Ethnicity-Targeted Charter Schools Feel Like 'Jim Crow Segregation'." The article cited Orfield's interview…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Bloomberg News story entitled "Segregated Charter Schools Evoke Separate But Equal Era in U.S. Education." The article stated, "While charter-school leaders say…