Projecting K-5 Enrollment in New York City Public Schools
نویسندگان
چکیده
We sought to use machine learning algorithms to predict K-5 school enrollment counts across census tracts and across years within Community District 20 in New York City. We used census data and historical counts as our input, and output enrollment count predictions for grades, census tracts and future years.
منابع مشابه
Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and Health
Over half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and management (HPAM), particularly in the megacities of middle-income and developing nations. We make a case for creating a global database on citie...
متن کاملPaying for A’s: An Early Exploration of Student Reward and Incentive Programs in Charter Schools
Introduction Recent public attention has spotlighted the use of reward programs for K-12 public school students. In districts such as Baltimore, Fulton County, Georgia, or New York City, the efforts of educators to structure reward systems are being met with support, skepticism and indignation. The programs use a variety of incentives such as cash or mp3 players as incentives to shape individua...
متن کاملProgram on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series Paying for A’s: An Early Exploration of Student Reward and Incentive Programs in Charter Schools
Introduction Recent public attention has spotlighted the use of reward programs for K-12 public school students. In districts such as Baltimore, Fulton County, Georgia, or New York City, the efforts of educators to structure reward systems are being met with support, skepticism and indignation. The programs use a variety of incentives such as cash or mp3 players as incentives to shape individua...
متن کاملA water availability intervention in New York City public schools: influence on youths' water and milk behaviors.
OBJECTIVES We determined the influence of "water jets" on observed water and milk taking and self-reported fluid consumption in New York City public schools. METHODS From 2010 to 2011, before and 3 months after water jet installation in 9 schools, we observed water and milk taking in cafeterias (mean 1000 students per school) and surveyed students in grades 5, 8, and 11 (n=2899) in the 9 scho...
متن کاملSeparate and unequal: the influence of neighborhood and school characteristics on spatial proximity between fast food and schools.
OBJECTIVE Social science and health literature have identified residential segregation as a critical factor in exposure to health-related resources, including food environments. Differential spatial patterning of food environments surrounding schools has significant import for youth. We examined whether fast food restaurants clustered around schools in New York City, and whether any observed cl...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016