TRUE CONFESSION: I used to be a teacher. I taught adults, not children, but I do like to think that my skills as an adult educator, on occasion, paralleled the skills of today’s school teachers. For example, I could easily … Read More & Comment
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Father’s Day Facts [Infographic]
With Father’s Day coming up on June 15th, we want to share a fun infographic with you about Westchester County dads and their children. Some of you are thinking, “Oh no! Father’s Day is this week? I completely forgot!” Well, let … Read More & Comment
Guest Post: Why Nonprofits Matter…
We’re always looking for data with impact, and this report, about the positive economic impact of nonprofits in Westchester, has it in spades. Full disclosure: we were asked by Nonprofit Westchester to help advise on this report. Not only were … Read More & Comment
Life after college?
We spent a lot of time last week talking about the value of a college education (see our post: Is College Worth It?). So we were excited to see a post from FlowingData, “Careers after the College Degree,” to add to … Read More & Comment
Is college worth it?
David Leonhardt of The Upshot, a data blog which is the New York Times’ attempt to channel Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight site without Nate Silver,wrote this week about some recent studies that tackle the question, “Is college worth it?” With student … Read More & Comment
All School Districts in Westchester County passed their 2014-15 budgets. But did anybody vote?
School District administrators most likely breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday morning as election results rolled in; all school districts in Westchester County successfully passed their proposed school district budgets for the 2014-15 school year. However, voter participation rates* throughout … Read More & Comment
We have lift-off!
Thank you so much for visiting our new blog “Children By The Numbers”. We created this blog in the hope that it would make it easier for you to 1) find data pertaining to Westchester’s children and 2) become more … Read More & Comment
Why we changed our data website…
One of WCA’s primary goals is to bring attention to children’s issues in a compelling way that inspires people towards action. As we embark upon our second century of children’s advocacy, we’re dealing with short attention spans, increasing demands on … Read More & Comment