May 11: High School Graduation in NYC Launch
May 11, 2016 — Brooklyn, NY. Measure of America will release its first DATA2GO.NYC report: High School Graduation in New York City: Is Neighborhood Still Destiny?. This report contributes to the ongoing discussion around high school choice and outcomes in the City by presenting the on-time graduation rates for high school students not by the schools they attend, since those data are already available, but rather by the neighborhoods they call home, and by exploring the relationship between neighborhood-level social and economic indicators and graduation rates.
Phoenix Leaders Call On Businesses, Nonprofits To Hire Young Interns
April 21, 2016 — KJZZ
Cooper Hewitt to Present “By the People: Designing a Better America”
April 19, 2016 — Cooper Hewitt
Finding Consensus on How to Measure Progress Against Poverty and Inequity
April 14, 2016 — Humanosphere
Apr. 16: DATA2GO.NYC @ Queens Borough Cabinet
April 16, 2016 — Queens, NY. Measure of America co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps will present at the April meeting of the Queens Borough Cabinet. She will host a workshop demoing DATA2GO.NYC.
New Phoenix High School for Opportunity Youth Breaks Ground Thursday
April 6, 2016 — Arizona Education News
Will Local Voters Support a Tax for Universal Preschool?
April 5, 2016 — The Press Democrat
Apr. 1: Staten Island Not for Profit Conference
April 1, 2016 — Staten Island, NY. Measure of America co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps will present at the 2016 Staten Island Not for Profit Conference. She will host a workshop demoing DATA2GO.NYC as a “free, easy and efficient data analysis and mapping tool that [nonprofits] can start using to make cases for support right away.” For more details, including a link to RSVP, go here.
With Nuisance Laws, Has “Serve and Protect” Turned Into “Silence and Evict”?
March 25, 2016 — MSNBC
Mar. 26: State of the District
March 26, 2016 — Brooklyn, NY. New York City Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy Jr. is hosting the 2016 State of the District event, at which Measure of America will be part of a workshop using DATA2GO.NYC to gain a better understanding of what District 36 (Bedford-Stuyveasant and northern Crown Heights) needs and how it’s doing. For more details, including a link to RSVP, go here.