Twin Cities-area schools more segregated than ever
By Beth Hawkins and Cynthia Boyd
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
Thirty-six years after a federal judge ordered Minneapolis to begin busing students to achieve racial balance, Twin Cities-area schools are more segregated than ever. The trend is accelerating, as well as the likelihood of serious social consequences, a MinnPost investigation reveals. First of five parts.
You can read the full story at Minnpost.com:
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/11/17/4549/twin_cities-area_schools_more_segregated_than_ever
Source: Kenny Ronnan, Minnpost - Staff Member
http://www.minnpost.com/
The UMN Human Rights Center's recently produced Community and School guides for the Close the Gap documentary series -
http://www.hrusa.org/closethegap/main.php
The video segment on "Resegregation: Fact of Fiction",
http://www.mnchannel.org/partners/closethegap/case_place.php, highlights Myron Orfield and the Institute on Race & Poverty's work on this issue.
Brief Summary of the Close the Gap Initative:
The 5-part Close the Gap documentary series on race, class, and place disparities was created by the Twin Cities Public television (tpt) in close partnership with the Itasca Project and Twin Cities Compass & Wilder Research. The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center designed two companion guides to foster dialogue on ways to recognize and eliminate these race, class, and place disparities in our schools and communities.
The Educator Guide provides curriculum resources for engaging youth in grades 8-12. The Community Guide offers key discussion activities for Human Rights Commissioners, community leaders, and other interested individuals to better understand these disparities and their causes, as well as to work to overcome them.
