Tag Archives: Economic Segregation Index

If Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Public Schools could be joined with no additional cost to Ann Arbor taxpayers, bringing additional resources to Ypsi schools, might voters back it?

By Mark | February 26, 2015

A few few weeks ago, I posted something here about the findings of a study on affordable housing commissioned by Washtenaw County. The published report, as you may recall, didn’t paint a very pretty picture. Our communities, according to the study’s authors, are rapidly becoming segregated, with less-well-off people, especially people of color, quickly consolidating […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged affordable housing, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor's economic refugees, annexation, economic segregation, Jcp2, poverty, public education, public school, school consolidation, school funding, segregation, Steve Norton, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, Whitmore Lake, Willow Run, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 64 Comments

Research shows the Ann Arbor area is the 8th most economically segregated region in the United States

By Mark | February 24, 2015

According to a new study authored by Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander for Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, the greater Ann Arbor region is the 8th most economically segregated metropolitan area in the United States. Here, from a piece Florida just wrote for the website City Lab, is a quote which should provide a bit of […]