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Who’s my neighbor? New Twin Cities maps tell the story

Dave Peters August 15, 2014, 10:07 AM Aug 15, 2014

Wilder Research in St. Paul has revamped its demographic profiles of Minneapolis and St. Paul neighborhoods, making the information much easier to use. Read more →

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Fighting for an American Countryside: an age-old problem

Jennifer Vogel August 21, 2013, 7:00 AM Aug 21, 2013

The many demographic challenges facing rural Minnesota include a population that’s older than the state average. Given tight budgets all around, people in small towns are finding new ways to provide services. Read more →

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Deaths and births in Minnesota. Where are they?

Dave Peters March 21, 2013, 8:32 AM Mar 21, 2013

More than a third of Minnesota’s counties are experiencing more deaths than births, but a few places with high immigration in recent decades run counter to that trend.

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Wilder’s Compass data: Minnesota’s racial gap among worst

Dave Peters February 5, 2013, 2:26 PM Feb 5, 2013

Minnesota continues to have one of the greatest racial gaps in the country, Wilder Research’s Minnesota Compass data show.

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Schools seek new ways to reach English learners

Dave Peters December 17, 2012, 11:05 AM Dec 17, 2012

Teaching English to newcomers has come a long way in Minnesota, but schools are trying to find new ways to improve the academic skills of the 65,000 students enrolled in English-learner classes.

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Making connections across ethnic lines

Dave Peters December 13, 2012, 8:00 AM Dec 13, 2012

“Making Connections” is an MPR News Ground Level project exploring Minnesotans who are forging links between white and Latino communities.

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An achievement gap formula, born in Sleepy Eye

Jennifer Vogel December 12, 2012, 12:00 PM Dec 12, 2012

Assistant Commissioner of Education Elia Dimayuga-Bruggeman raised Latino graduation rates in Sleepy Eye, where she was principal. Now, she’s looking to take those efforts statewide.

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Latinos and whites: Getting beyond parallel play?

Dave Peters December 6, 2012, 9:39 AM Dec 6, 2012

We asked members of MPR News’ Public Insight Network to tell us about places Latinos and whites make connections. Here’s what we heard, from the YMCA to church to the bakery.

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Latinos and voter ID

Dave Peters November 9, 2012, 10:08 AM Nov 9, 2012

Outstate Minnesota cities with high concentrations of Latino residents split their vote on the photo ID constitutional amendment question in Tuesday’s election.

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Latino runs for school board in St. James, would be city’s first

Jennifer Vogel October 23, 2012, 10:26 AM Oct 23, 2012

Despite sizable Latino populations in many cities in outstate Minnesota, Latino elected officials are rare.