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Exploring Equity with BuildBPS Data

Josh Weiss

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About Me

  • BPS Parent — Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School, Hurley K-8 (not all at once)
  • Member of BPS School Quality Working Group
  • Erstwhile Education Blogger — bpsworkshop.com
  • CTO at Satuit Technologies — Small CRM software company

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Data Sets Used

  • BuildBPS — Data on features and conditions of BPS facilities
  • US Census American Community Survey 2015 estimates
  • Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education school profiles

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Tools Used

  • Leaflet.js — Open source mapping API
  • HighCharts — Commercial charting tool. Free for non-commercial use
  • jQuery
  • Bootstrap
  • Font Awesome

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Demo

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What’s Next

  • Add more data from existing sources
  • Add a tool to let users see information on the schools that their children could attend
  • Add features that people would like to see — Please tell me what you’d like to see!

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http://buildbps.bpsworkshop.com

http://github.com/weissjd/BuildBPS