Examining the Relationship Between 
Housing, Education, and Persistent Segregation

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. National Trends

    A. A Fractured Nation

        1. Housing

        2. Schools

    B. The Causes of Segregation

        1. The Role of the Government

        2. The Role of Private Actors

        3. The Interrelationship Between Housing and Education Markets

    C. The Consequences of Segregation

        1. Schools

        2. Economy and Employment

        3. Neighborhood Characteristics
 
    Conclusions

II. The Twin Cities

    A. The Persistence of Segregation and the Growth of  Concentrated Poverty in the Twin Cities

    B. Causes of Segregation in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region

    C. The Effects of Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty

        1. Twin Cities School are Failing

        2. Effects of Segregation on the Economy and Jobs

        3. Concentrated Poverty Creates Negative Neighborhood Characteristics
 
    Conclusions

III. Signs of Hope: Racial Attitudes of Twin Cities Residents

IV. Lessons from the Twin Cities and Other Metropolitan Regions

    A. Housing and Residential Segregation: National Strategies

    B. Housing and Residential Segregation: Twin Cities

    C. Education Nationally

    D. Education in the Twin Cities

    E. Four Promising Initiatives from Across the Country

Conclusion

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