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Stay up-to-date with the ISC December 2014 newsletter
   December 5, 2014
Ashley Williams Clark
Alyssa Brown
ISC out and about UNC Charlotte Urban Institute / Institute for Social Capital graduate assistants Charles Warner-Hillard and Alyssa Brown present a poster about ISC at the UNC Charlotte fall 2014 University Business Partner and Faculty reception co-hosted by CRI and the Charlotte Regional... Read more
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Charlotte part of national effort on neighborhood data
   November 11, 2014

Charlotte is now a partner in a national effort to develop and use neighborhood information systems in local policy making and community building.  Read more
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A day for neighborhoods to explore their future
   July 23, 2014
Mary Newsom
If Charlotte is a city of neighborhoods, what happens when almost 20 of those neighborhoods spend a half-day at a retreat to encourage goal-setting? (Photo: Mary Newsom) Read more
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Keep up with the Institute for Social Capital: July newsletter
   July 23, 2014
Ashley Williams Clark
News and updates from the Institute for Social Capital including notes about staff, data, research, grant opportunities and community partners. (Photo: Addie Balenger) Read more
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ISC Newsletter February 2014
   February 13, 2014

Stay up-to-date with all the ISC news. Check out our February 2014 newsletter. Read more
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Angst over Common Core test scores misses the point
   November 21, 2013

Much of the publicity about the Common Core has focused on test results. It should be on the changes these new standards bring to curriculum and instruction. We had set the bar too low, and we needed to broaden the teaching methods and concepts offered to students. (Photo: Nancy Pierce) Read more
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Institute for Social Capital newsletter, October 2013
   October 4, 2013
Ashley Williams Clark
The Institute for Social Capital's mission is to provide social resources that advance university research and increase the community’s capacity for data-based planning and evaluation. Find out about the ISC's recent activities, new staff and learn about the organization and structure of the institute in this quarterly newsletter.(Photo Wade Bruton) Read more
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With data, numbers can’t speak for themselves
   June 12, 2013

In 2007, Shamrock Gardens Elementary in east Charlotte was showing big improvements, and after years of being listed as a school that could be taken over by the state for low performance, it was close to coming off that list. Then suddenly test scores plummeted. What happened? (Photo: Nancy Pierce) Read more
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Rethinking high-stakes testing
   April 10, 2013

In today’s educational climate, testing scandals are commonplace. But does that mean that testing is wrong? Is it even possible to use quantitative test data yet avoid the pitfalls we're finding in high-stakes testing? (Photo: Nancy Pierce) Read more
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Harness the power of data: Charlotte Data Day
   February 20, 2013

On March 26 the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will host a forum in uptown Charlotte designed to tell the public about powerful sources of data and how to use them. Read more