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Cross-Sector Collaboration Links Data to Communities It Can Help
Government agency data is rich with insights into potential challenges faced by communities. Yet some community organizations need assistance in accessing and utilizing the data. In 2000, a local Baltimore-based…
Media (Social) = Social Services
Our world is continuously connected. Our searches are connected to our email advertisements. Our social media usage results in profile based information sharing. In our society, solutions exist that can…
Inequity in the Use of Digital Tools
The digital divide, defined as inequity between individuals with Internet access and digital literacy skills and those without, originated from a 1999 study by the National Telecommunication and Information Agency.…
Engaging Citizens in Shrinking Cities
The Rust Belt of the Midwest and Northeast has experienced population decline since the mid-20th century. This has led to the rise of alternative approaches to planning, notably right-sizing and…
A Skills Mismatch in Post-Earthquake Haiti: How International Aid Organizations and Beneficiaries Value Competencies
When a 7.0 earthquake shook Haiti in 2010, it left more than 200,000 people dead and 1 million people homeless. International aid organizations quickly arrived to assist and found they…
Has NCLB Enhanced Career and Technical Education?
Critics of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) state its emphasis on math and reading tests narrow the curriculum, forcing schools to spend less time on subjects that aren’t explicitly tested.…
Towns in the Age of Megacities
Take a drive across the nation on a two-lane blacktop and you'll see the hollowing out of rural America is obvious. We are now living in the age of the…
Setting the Stage for Experiential Education
Although traditions dictate occupations, religious practices and gender roles, many do not know the origin of the customs they hold dear. For example, our educational practices are deeply rooted in…
Is There too Much Technology in Public Education Service Delivery?
Technology advancements continue at an unbelievable pace. Computers and cell phones are obsolete the minute they are produced. “Apps” have developed into a special business component all their own. With…
Public Safety: Light and the State of Things
It’s not an easy season to talk about public safety. The conversations happening around law enforcement, shootings, race relations, activism and our American identity are tense. There’s no room for…
The Call of Public Safety Service: A Social and Generational Challenge
Public safety service is a type of calling. But across the nation, police forces in major cities are seeing a decline in the recruitment pool. Many argue socio-political trends are…