Year: 2006

Latino Students in Public Schools: A Closer Look (2006)

In May 2001 the State Demographic Center issued a widely disseminated report that clearly documented a virtual doubling between 1990 and 2000 of the number of Minnesotans who identified themselves as either nonwhite or Hispanic (McMurry, 2001). Further, the report went on to document that the number of Minnesotans who identified themselves as Hispanic increased ...

The 2005 Minnesota Internet Study: An examination of metro/rural differences in digital technology adoption

Our statewide estimate at the end of 2005 is that 1,379,570 or 68.0 percent of all Minnesota households currently possess at least one working computer; 1,208,526 or 59.6 percent of all Minnesota households currently maintain a home Internet connection; and 737,397 or 36.4 percent of all Minnesota households connect to the Internet from home using ...

Rural Minnesota Journal, Issue 1, 2006

In our first issue of the Rural Minnesota Journal, and in every issue after, we worked to bring readers information and analysis from the state’s top thinkers on the issues concerning Greater Minnesota and its residents. Issue 1 is an introduction to the broad issues and ways to think about them. RMJ: Volume 1, Issue ...