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...
(Inactive) Community Link Capital Region (Sacramento)
October 2011
Community Link and the Sacramento County Children’s Coalition are in the process of producing a new series of “Action Briefs” that target specific areas of concern for children, youth and young adults previously reported in the 2011 Sacramento County Children’s Report Card. Based on the findings from the Report Card, the briefs are designed to promote a better understanding of current issues and their underlying causes, identify challenges and opportunities for improvement, and provide program and policy recommendations.
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August 15, 2011
(Inactive) Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project (Philadelphia)
Urban Strategies Council facilitated, with the Oakland Unified School District, a nine-month planning process with the multi-stakeholder Full Service Community Task Force. We produced a structural framework that became the foundation of the school district’s five-year strategic plan to develop full service community schools at every site with a strong academic core and integrated focus on youth development, family support and engagement, health and social services and community development.
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.
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.
Providence was named an All-America City by the National Civic League on July 2nd based on its ambitious plan to ensure that more children are reading at grade level by the end of third grade. Providence's plan was submitted by a community coalition that included the city's Mayor Angel Taveras, Rhode Island Kids Count, Ready to Learn Providence (a program of the Providence Plan), the Rhode Island education commissioner and other key members of the educational and nonprofit community.
CI:Now was awarded a one-year $50,000 operating grant from the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation to support child data integration and community engagement around child data and information. Kronkosky was a founding member of CI:Now when it was organized as the Alamo Area Community Information System (AACIS) in the late 1990s, and the Foundation continues to recognize the power of shared data for improving community conditions.
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.
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.
In celebration of Attendance Awareness Month, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, The Providence Plan, and the Rhode Island Data
Sharing Project held a special event for educators, policymakers, and community leaders: The Importance of Reducing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades. The event was held on Monday, September 29, 2014, from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, One Union Station, in Providence.
SA2020 is a community visioning and collective impact initiative focused on 11 cause areas. CI:Now collects and analyzes the data to report indicators of progress in these areas, also working to shed light on critical disparities by race/ethnicity, gender, age group, and neighborhood.
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 3, 2015
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In the series "Toxic Neglect", the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been running stories on the problems of lead poisoning on young children. Dr. Robert Fischer, co-director of the Poverty Center, was interviewed for "Lead poisoning makes education harder for kids and teachers" on October 22, 2015.
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.
