New charter schools in Baltimore relied heavily on data provided by BNIA to develop their school proposals. A group in the Patterson Park neighborhood asked BNIA in 2003 for help assembling demographic data about the neighborhoods surrounding the park. BNIA provided them with information about the age of children in the neighborhood that was used to estimate the number of children from the neighborhood that would be likely to access a new school. The analysis included data on test scores and enrollment in nearby schools.
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...
University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)
June 1, 2011 to April 1, 2012
Confronted by declining enrollment and decreased revenues, the Pittsburgh Public Schools has proposed to close seven buildings, effective in the 2012-13 school year. Decades of assigning students to schools based on street ranges (and not maps) resulted in irregular and unwieldy attendance boundary geographies. Using data and expertise from the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS), school attendance boundaries were redrawn in the fall of 2011.
(Inactive) Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project (Philadelphia)
February 2012
Metropolitan Philidelphia Indicators Project released their most recent policy brief on charter school locations and falling enrollment in traditional public schools.
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.
The RI DataHUB is a multi-agency longitudinal data system for anyone interested in the well-being of people in Rhode Island. The DataHUB brings together data sets from multiple federal, state and local sources. Data are currently gathered from local partnering public agencies including: the RI Department of Education (RIDE), the RI Department of Health (HEALTH), the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education (RIBGHE), the RI Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), and Providence Public Schools (PPSD).
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.
CRP and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute are partnering to conduct research on student mobility in Ohio. This first-of-its-kind research, to be completed by fall 2012, will analyze Ohio Department of Education K-12 student-level records over three school years to provide a picture of student mobility for each Ohio public school district and building and public charter school, with in-depth analysis for the largest urban areas and large statewide e–schools.
