Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy (New York)
2011
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy and NYU's Institute for Education and Social Policy have been awarded a grant by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. This work follows up on the research they completed as participants in the NNIP cross-site project on Foreclosures Effects on Children, funded by the Open Society Foundations.
The Piton Foundation and the Colorado Children’s Campaign’s analysis of test scores in Denver schools revealed that improvements in schools’ test scores have been overstated in State reports.
The Ochs Center, formally known as the Community Research Council (CRC), in Chattanooga, TN provided support for the development of Hamilton County’s Reading Initiative.4 At the request of the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, the CRC produced a report with a demographic overview of the county, a discussion of demographic factors that may affect reading capacity and detailed data related to pre-school and K through 3 interventions in the county.
In recent months, districts have been moving to integrate updated materials and re-examined practices to ensure a more equitable education for every student. Educators...
In late 2010, the Urban Strategies Council and Oakland Unified School District, in partnership with the East Bay Community Foundation, launched a bold new initiative aimed at addressing the disparities in educational and social outcomes for African American males in Oakland. This six-year initiative has been established with a set of seven key goals that reflect the massive disparities faced by young black males in our city and a set of strategies aimed at improving those outcomes and eliminating most disparities within six years.
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African American Male Achievment Initiative (AAMAI)
On May 30th at 10am Pacific, Urban Strategies Council and the Oakland Unified School District will be hosting the first of four webinars focusing on this insightful new research on the inequities faced by African American Males and the efforts underway to eliminate these disparities in education outcomes.
InfoWorks is a collaborative effort between the Rhode Island Department of Education and The Providence Plan. The InfoWorks site is designed as user-friendly, easily accessible resource for anyone interested in Rhode Island's schools. Available data includes achievement results, demographics, funding, and opinion data.
Children's Optimal Health is pleased to announce that we have launched a new website. Many of our maps and all of our published reports are available for download through the site. There is currently no charge for these products, but users are asked to register and let us know how they use our work. Children's Optimal Health works to improve operations, impact policy, engage the community and support research to improve the health and well-being of all children in Central Texas.
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland)
September 2, 2014
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As part of the Club’s Friday Forum series, Sheila Martin, director of the Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies (GPP’s parent organization) will join a panel of three Portland-area school district superintendents – Carole Smith (Portland), Don Grotting (David Douglas) and Karen Gray (Parkrose) – to present and answer questions on racial justice in Portland-area schools.
EastPoint PaCT (Promise and Choice Together) is a group of coordinated initiatives working to transform and revitalize the EastPoint neighborhood, a near-eastside area with a rich history and tradition. Among others, PaCT work includes the US DOE-funded Eastside Promise Neighborhood, the US HUD-funded Wheatley Choice Neighborhood, the US DOJ-funded Public Safety Enhancement initiatives attached to Promise and Choice, the Annie E.
On behalf a broad collaborative of organizations convened by the United Way of Comal County, CI:Now is conducting a broad secondary data assessment of community needs in Comal and Guadalupe Counties, with a special focus on health.
In May 2014, D3 launched the 2014 One D Scorecard, an online tool that reports on the status of our region through key data indicators in five Priority Areas: Economic Prosperity, Educational Preparedness, Quality of Life, Social Equity, and Regional Transit. The One D Index also rolls up the over 30 outcome-based indicators composing the five Priority areas into a single comprehensive score to better understand how metro Detroit stacks up across priority areas and other regions overall.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
November 4, 2015
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In an editorial to the Cleveland Plain Dealer on November 1, Poverty Center Co-Director Dr. Rob Fischer discussed the magnitude of the problems from lead exposure on young children.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
March 8, 2016
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At what level does lead exposure become dangerous for children?
Dr. Robert Fischer, Co-Director of the Poverty Center, and Dr. Elizabeth Anthony, Research Assistant Professor at the Poverty Center, examine this question in The Conversation. In the article, " In kids, even low lead levels can cause lasting harm," Fischer and Anthony discuss how children exposed to levels of lead below the current federal threshold still show cognitive deficits and delays in academic progress.
Earlier this month, DataHaven and the Fairfield County, Greater Hartford, and Greater New Haven Community Foundations hosted a statewide event to release these landmark publications on quality of life. Each book contains nearly 100 pages of data graphics, maps, and tables, discussing the most meaningful social and economic issues that face Connecticut today, including family economic security, housing, health and safety, criminal justice, education, and much more.
Contact:
Mark Abraham
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DataHaven and partners release the 2023 Community Wellbeing Index at the Connecticut State Capitol
