Center for Radical Innovation for Social Change @center4risc
Generating breakthrough solutions to the world’s most difficult social problems. Based @UChicago. Founded by @StevenDLevitt. risc.uchicago.edu Chicago Joined August 2019-
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16 states have managed to introduce #DataScience basics to K-12 students without issue, yet a controversy erupted in CA with their math framework. I wrote to @FortuneMagazine why I think the 3-year debate over math seemed to miss the forest for the trees: fortune.com/2023/10/13/fre…
📣RISC ALUMNI ALERT📣 It's Karishma's last day! We'll miss you! We are beyond proud of all of our incredible alumni 🎓: —@ksc751 —@eric_is_weird —@atakantweets —@jdcalvelli —April Feng —@twag_s —@HarrisonSatcher —Ankita Ghoshal —@ethai__ —Naz Gocek —@xjuliathomsen —@daphmarts
Learn about innovative college mathematics programs and how high school courses transfer in the university setting at our upcoming roundtable discussion on 2/8. Register here ⤵️ eventbrite.com/e/innovating-m…
We talked to @rebleber from @voxdotcom for this article about the rising costs of energy bills this winter! It's a huge issue that impacts millions of households every year. vox.com/science-and-he…
To start the year off, we are excited to spotlight our grantees - starting with @dsforeveryone. We've been working with DS4E to raise the profile of data literacy as a critical ingredient in creating engaged citizens, career-ready graduates, and solution-oriented communities
Less than one week away ➡️ Mark your calendars for the launch of the DS+ Collaboration Challenge! Get ready to connect with teachers across school subjects to collaborate & create data science lesson plans. Learn more: datascience4everyone.org/dscollabchalle…
We hope you are all enjoying your holiday break with family & friends. If you have downtime, consider working on your submission for the DS+ Collaboration Challenge (you can win prizes just for submitting!) datascience4everyone.org/dscollabchalle…
As @ksc751 told Block Club, "Utility bills can have a huge impact on people’s livelihoods and stress levels as they try just to make it through the day.” We've seen this in the stories and bills shared with us. You can help right now! (6/6) communityutility.org/offer
Community Utility was launched as a way to do mutual aid utility assistance. We're grateful to everyone who has trusted us, both those who have asked for help and those who have paid bills! And the community orgs that shared their time and insight! (1/6) communityutility.org
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Hear from our friend & coalition member, @jdcalvelli, on a recent episode of the @CodeCombat podcast! JD discusses how game design and data science intertwine and can influence educational experiences. Listen now 🎧 codecombat.com/podcast/data-s…
Thrilled to announce we’re launching a new Market Shaping Accelerator @UChicago led by @rglenner, Michael Kremer, and Christopher Snyder (@dartmouth). Also with @center4risc, @UChiEnergy, @BeckerFriedman and others...🧵
Hear from our director @ZarekDrozda in the last episode of the @BerkeleyDataSci podcast for 2022! Zarek highlights how DS4E supports HS teachers & aims to increase access to data science ed. Tune in during your holiday travels 🎧 datascienceeducation.substack.com/p/increasing-e…
as often discussed when people have no other conversation topics to remark upon, chicago is brutally cold in the winter. you can help someone pay their gas bill this winter so they can keep the heat on! communityutility.org/offer
From a tabletop game about the Black Plague to an interactive game that uses music to introduce kids to the world of data science, our guest, @jdcalvelli, discusses how #gamedesign and #datascience can influence educational experiences. 🔊codecombat.com/podcast/data-s…
Listen to our former colleague and current NYU MFA candidate @jdcalvelli discuss data science in education and Algo-Rhythm on @CodeCombat! @dsforeveryone
Listen to our former colleague and current NYU MFA candidate @jdcalvelli discuss data science in education and Algo-Rhythm on @CodeCombat! @dsforeveryone
super excited to have been a guest on the @CodeCombat podcast talking about games, data, and education! thanks so much for having me :D check it out here! - codecombat.com/podcast/data-s…
DS4E is still hiring!
Recently met with education leaders in Scotland, U.A.E., and Israel on #DataScience #DataLiteracy education. Strong interest and investment in making these skills universal in other countries. The U.S. needs to catch up. Much thanks to @yardstickedu @data_schools for invites!
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Otello Valenti @OtelloValenti
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367 Followers 403 Following Helping lead the charge for K-12 data science edu with @dsforeveryone @uchicago @StevenDLevitt. Tweets are my own ideas.
.@StevenDLevitt in @FortuneMagazine strips away the noise surrounding the current debate over #DataScience education and zeros in on what matters most: "The data revolution is here and our kids are not prepared for it."
"Objections to data science in K-12 education make no sense," writes @StevenDLevitt, author of Freakonomics. trib.al/0ui2lD1
16 states have managed to introduce #DataScience basics to K-12 students without issue, yet a controversy erupted in CA with their math framework. I wrote to @FortuneMagazine why I think the 3-year debate over math seemed to miss the forest for the trees: fortune.com/2023/10/13/fre…
not just community, not just utilities, but a special third thing: helping to pay utility bills in your community! communityutility.org/offer
you can help to pay someone's gas or electric bill today! you can select a specific bill request OR donate to our general fund. communityutility.org/offer
LIHEAP helps many people, but many are unable to access it. That's a big reason we started Community Utility.
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We talked to @rebleber from @voxdotcom for this article about the rising costs of energy bills this winter! It's a huge issue that impacts millions of households every year. vox.com/science-and-he…
To start the year off, we are excited to spotlight our grantees - starting with @dsforeveryone. We've been working with DS4E to raise the profile of data literacy as a critical ingredient in creating engaged citizens, career-ready graduates, and solution-oriented communities
Less than one week away ➡️ Mark your calendars for the launch of the DS+ Collaboration Challenge! Get ready to connect with teachers across school subjects to collaborate & create data science lesson plans. Learn more: datascience4everyone.org/dscollabchalle…
We hope you are all enjoying your holiday break with family & friends. If you have downtime, consider working on your submission for the DS+ Collaboration Challenge (you can win prizes just for submitting!) datascience4everyone.org/dscollabchalle…
There’s still time to nominate an educator for the @NSTA Fellow Award! The award recognizes long-standing NSTA members who have made extraordinary contributions to science education at the local, state, and national levels. Learn more here. static.nsta.org/pdfs/awards/Fe…
Are you ready for the DS+ Collaboration Challenge? Be sure to take an early look at the challenge guidelines before submission opens on Jan. 9th! ⤵️ datascience4everyone.org/dscollabchalle…
As @ksc751 told Block Club, "Utility bills can have a huge impact on people’s livelihoods and stress levels as they try just to make it through the day.” We've seen this in the stories and bills shared with us. You can help right now! (6/6) communityutility.org/offer
In less than six months (we launched in July), we've been able to get 44 utility bills paid. That's a total of $9,993 toward gas and electric bills. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing and giving and everything. (5/6) communityutility.org
And @OnYourCallender covered us for @WBEZ along with other community efforts to deal with rising heating costs! (4/6) wbez.org/stories/chicag…
We also got to speak with Mike Stephen on @outsidetheloop! We appreciated the early morning listeners' donations. (3/6) outsidetheloopradio.com/2022/09/24/otl…
We're thankful for @mack_liederman for writing about us in @BlockClubCHI, which helped us reach many more Chicagoans! (2/6) blockclubchicago.org/2022/09/12/hel…
Community Utility was launched as a way to do mutual aid utility assistance. We're grateful to everyone who has trusted us, both those who have asked for help and those who have paid bills! And the community orgs that shared their time and insight! (1/6) communityutility.org
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Hear from our friend & coalition member, @jdcalvelli, on a recent episode of the @CodeCombat podcast! JD discusses how game design and data science intertwine and can influence educational experiences. Listen now 🎧 codecombat.com/podcast/data-s…
Hear from our friend & coalition member, @jdcalvelli, on a recent episode of the @CodeCombat podcast! JD discusses how game design and data science intertwine and can influence educational experiences. Listen now 🎧 codecombat.com/podcast/data-s…
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