Twin Cities-area schools more segregated than ever by Beth Hawkins and Cynthia Boyd A generation ago, segregation was a strictly urban problem. Now it affects more than 40,000 of the Twin Cities metro area's 200,000 elementary school pupils in dozens of suburban communities stretching from Robbinsdale to Roseville. And it brings far-ranging consequences because most often accompanying racial segregation is its twin sister, poverty, which brings enormous challenges to students and those who teach them. Read this story a first in a five-part series. The Minnesota Post.com, 11/17/2008