[ddj] Examples of projects using schools data ?

Thu Jul 23 11:32:47 UTC 2015

We actually built this one ourselves and it was picked up in a bunch of
locations (CNN, Atlantic, Vox).

This is school district and city level data on Kindergarten vaccinations
from the California Department of Public Health.

http://california-vaccination-rates.silk.co/

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Anders Pedersen <anderspeders at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/db7105194a5c6b482d5a7aa89774f453/1f763d87a946337a7999ceafc94c638e?ytl=https%3A%2F%2Fin.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fdivyanshsaini>
>>>  | Twitter
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/db7105194a5c6b482d5a7aa89774f453/2469ff4f4d9834d8395dc348cbbaed1b?ytl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNavyDish>
>>>  | Facebook
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/db7105194a5c6b482d5a7aa89774f453/a9619d575fccb9e7bb8f227c43788040?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Ffb.com%2FNavyDish>
>>> *Forbes
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/f6877d93ffec9d53b62265478a7b6414?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fforbesindia.com%2Farticle%2F30-under-30%2Fthe-forbes-india-30-under-30-list-for-2015%2F39527%2F1> | Economic
>>> Times
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/93f02c0b5785b3dae9168eb4e0984249?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Femerging-businesses%2Fstartups%2Fsocial-cops-raises-320k-seed-from-500-startups-rajan-anandan-manoj-menon%2Farticleshow%2F39286484.cms> | Fast
>>> Company
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/ee6162bfd2e6b848b1648d8ca93dc8a6?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Femerging-businesses%2Fstartups%2Fsocial-cops-raises-320k-seed-from-500-startups-rajan-anandan-manoj-menon%2Farticleshow%2F39286484.cms> | Mint
>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/4e557a93543df9f7cee07a610a8bd8c2?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livemint.com%2FLeisure%2FH4fUe4L8CHmofZ86o2BsqM%2FSocialcops-An-ongoing-census.html>*
>>>
>>> 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
>>>> <https://t.yesware.com/tl/4276fa0faaab15f640094e43a11c1565f78f303f/2a219bc0a421bc9b4b33bad7ab876112/b2d8b23859fbd08d749e444880ee51e2?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.propublica.org%2Fnerds%2F>
>>>>
>>>> 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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