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Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Releases Study on Racial Effects of Open Enrollment
January 11, 2013
The Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity released "Open Enrollment and Racial Segregation in the Twin Cities: 2000-2010," a new study providing evidence that Minnesota's open enrollment program increases racial segregation in area schools.

The study was cited by the following media:
Minnesota Public Radio
MinnPost
St. Cloud Times
Fridley Patch
Inver Grove Heights Patch

Study Finds Racially Diverse Suburban Communities Growing Faster than White Suburbs but Resegregation Threatens Prosperity and Stability
July 20, 2012
Racially diverse suburbs are growing faster than white suburbs, but resegregation threatens their prosperity and stability, according to a study entitled, "America's Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges," released this week by the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity at the University of Minnesota Law School.

The study was cited by the following national and local media:
National Journal Political Connections column
National Journal Demographics section
National Journal: "Metropolitan Diversity: Chicago, 2000-10"
USA Today
Bloomberg
BloombergBusinessweek
New York Times Economix Blog
Minnesota Public Radio
Pioneer Press
Star Tribune - Op-ed by Orfield
The Atlantic Cities
MinnPost (7-20-2012)
MinnPost (9-19-2012)
Wall Street Journal
Deadline Detroit
Oak Park Leaves
Science Blog
Science Codex
Kensington.Patch.com

Institute on Race and Poverty Takes New Name and Expands Research Areas
July 20, 2012
The University of Minnesota Law School's Institute on Race and Poverty, founded in 1993, has been renamed the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity to reflect its broadening research, announces Professor Myron Orfield, Institute Director since 2003.

Study Shows Charter Schools Still Lag Traditional Public Schools in Test Scores and Are Increasingly Segregated by Race and Income
February 24, 2012
A 2008 study by the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School showed that after two decades of experience, most charter schools in the Twin Cities still underperformed comparable traditional public schools and were highly segregated by race and income. New work, which both updates and supplements the previous study with data collected in 2010-11, shows that although charter school enrollment growth has slowed, little else has changed in the three years since the original study was released. Charters still lag behind their traditional counterparts academically and remain more highly segregated by race and income.