by d3wpadmin | Apr 6, 2015 | Data Highlights, Joshua Long, Walkability
We at D3, like many people throughout Detroit, love the Tigers Opening Day celebration. It is a special day that marks the beginning of warm weather, outdoor activities and of course another hopeful season of baseball. Each year throngs of Tigers fans (and those who...
by d3wpadmin | Mar 26, 2015 | Data Highlights, Education, Joshua Long
Detroit is a big place, and the demand for schools can’t be the same equally across the city, especially since there are such large differences between thriving and disinvested areas. Because the education landscape continues to be a topic of much...
by d3wpadmin | Mar 23, 2015 | Data Highlights, Education, Joshua Long
Since the 2011-12 school year, Data Driven Detroit (D3) has created a series of maps that illustrate the spatial patterns related to where students from different areas in Detroit attend school or where students from different schools live (see our previous blog post...
by d3wpadmin | Oct 17, 2014 | Announcement, Education, Joshua Long
Just as longer commutes can have detrimental effects on adults, it reasonably follows that longer school commutes may have such effects as an increase in stress, tardiness and obesity rates on our youth. Conversely, in areas where housing patterns concentrate poverty...
