[ddj] Examples of projects using schools data ?

Wed Jul 22 19:57:54 UTC 2015

On citizen based auditing of open government data there's also:
http://openschoolskenya.org/

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:

> I have an example of use of the use of public education data for
> journalism from the Philippines by TJ Palanca:
>
> http://www.jumbodumbothoughts.com/2014/04/data-primer-education.html
>
> On 22 July 2015 at 12:22, Divyansh Saini <divyansh at socialcops.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey François,
>>
>> Check out https://rte.socialcops.org
>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/04c78b63559db749e9da8db27864ea13?ytl=https%3A%2F%2Frte.socialcops.org>.
>> It is one of the projects done by SocialCops (www.socialcops.com
>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/56bb5bc39b29ed6309ec1fbbca68873a?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.socialcops.com>)
>> in India to aggregate the data of schools at a district level. The major
>> use case of this visualization is to help the government and the decision
>> makers make better decisions and investments. Hope this helps. :)
>>
>> Divyansh Saini
>>
>> Data Geek at SocialCops
>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/56bb5bc39b29ed6309ec1fbbca68873a?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.socialcops.com>
>> Linkedin
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>>  | Twitter
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>> *Forbes
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>> Times
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>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Scott Klein <Scott.Klein at propublica.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Three great ones off the top of my head:
>>>
>>>  WNYC's SchoolBook:
>>> http://data.schoolbook.org
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/e675da31faa1d26066b65e34b8298535?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.schoolbook.org>
>>>
>>>  LA Times Value-Added Teacher Ratings:
>>> http://projects.latimes.com/value-added/
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/d75cce9ad66c82d03726f5dd9df9b5ee?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fprojects.latimes.com%2Fvalue-added%2F>
>>>
>>>  Atlanta Journal-Constitution Cheating Our Children:
>>> http://m.ajc.com/news/cheating-our-children/districts/
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/61b82d9ff4838fb45f9e8d7503708007?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fm.ajc.com%2Fnews%2Fcheating-our-children%2Fdistricts%2F>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Scott Klein*
>>>
>>> Assistant Managing Editor
>>>
>>> ProPublica
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>>>
>>> office: 917 512-0205 <917%20512-0205>
>>>
>>> twitter: @kleinmatic
>>>
>>> On Jul 22, 2015, at 6:33 AM, François Paquot <Francois at paquot.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hi all,
>>>
>>>  I'm currently collecting examples of data projects using lists of
>>> schools - whether by journalists, civil society organisations or public
>>> sector bodies - for research purposes. My aim is to get some relevant use
>>> cases about schools lists for journalists.
>>>
>>> Already got those three examples :
>>>
>>> - The opportunity gap, by ProPublica  :
>>> http://projects.propublica.org/schools/
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/1253a72269d63190df09071a6107e47f?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fschools%2F>
>>> - Palmarès des noms d'écoles, by Le Monde
>>> http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2015/04/18/de-jules-ferry-a-pierre-perret-l-etonnant-palmares-des-noms-d-ecoles-de-colleges-et-de-lycees-en-france_4613091_4355770.html
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/432e69104892fb1a2e36cceb79552419?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lemonde.fr%2Fles-decodeurs%2Farticle%2F2015%2F04%2F18%2Fde-jules-ferry-a-pierre-perret-l-etonnant-palmares-des-noms-d-ecoles-de-colleges-et-de-lycees-en-france_4613091_4355770.html>
>>> - "on shaky ground", by CaliforniaWatch :
>>> http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2015/04/18/de-jules-ferry-a-pierre-perret-l-etonnant-palmares-des-noms-d-ecoles-de-colleges-et-de-lycees-en-france_4613091_4355770.html
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/62e43242e5f6d814653959da05593d7e?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lemonde.fr%2Fles-decodeurs%2Farticle%2F2015%2F04%2F18%2Fde-jules-ferry-a-pierre-perret-l-etonnant-palmares-des-noms-d-ecoles-de-colleges-et-de-lycees-en-france_4613091_4355770.html>
>>>
>>> Any idea ?
>>>
>>>  Many thanks for your help!
>>>
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