School Data Antwan Jefferson, PhD I’ll keep this letter brief. First, on the day that I’m writing this letter, our city and region are experiencing the immediate after-effects of an act of gun violence in another of our community’s schools. There is nothing, really, for a local, community-based Read more…
School Data The purpose, the audience, the outcome By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver In our contemporary era, the collection and analysis of data play an important role in how we come to understand the world around us. Similar to other public institutions, educational institutions have increasingly integrated Read more…
School Data Scholar perspective By | Dara Marin Prais, PhD When you think of “data,” what comes to mind? For many people, if not most, initial thoughts lean toward quantitative or numerical values that can be statistically analyzed instead of qualitative or non-numerical data gathered from interviews, focus groups, observations, Read more…
School Data Community perspective By | Camille Driver Data is often talked about in quantitative terms: “65% of Americans voted for….” or “1 in 5 children are…” You can spot quantitative data as it centers around a number. However, quantitative data needs context, which can be accomplished through qualitative data. Read more…
School Data Educator perspective By | Miguel Ortega Data, for all the times it has been used to construct an ‘objective’ portrayal of reality, is complex and prone to many subjective factors. The difficulty of accurately representing the student experience in a school is a well-documented struggle. Another key dimension Read more…
School Data Student perspective By | Reem Saeed When it comes to selecting which school their child will attend, often a parent’s decision relies on the use of data points. Graduation rates, test scores, and post-secondary data are frequently used to determine the line between a “good” and “bad” school. Read more…
The Aftermath of School Closure Community members often point to the aftermath of school closures as a reason for school districts to be cautious when they make the decision to close a school. School closure, even when neatly rolled out, can cause a slew of pragmatic problems for students, their Read more…
Las Consecuencias del Cierre de la Escuela Los miembros de la comunidad a menudo señalan las consecuencias del cierre de escuelas como una razón para que los distritos escolares sean cautelosos cuando toman la decisión de cerrar una escuela. El cierre de la escuela, incluso cuando se implementa de manera Read more…
School closures have tremendous impacts on students, educators, and communities, making establishing widely agreed criteria to determine the fate of the school a pressing concern. Community members are increasingly aware of the prospects of school closure in Denver but many remain unaware of how the actual procedural elements of school Read more…
El cierre de escuelas tiene un tremendo impacto en los estudiantes, los educadores y las comunidades, lo que hace que establecer criterios ampliamente aceptados para determinar el destino de la escuela sea una preocupación inevitable. Los miembros de la comunidad son cada vez más conscientes del prospecto de cierre de Read more…
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