Friday Factday
A closer look at a topics using local-level data, published on Fridays
Friday Factday: Georgia Milestones Results and Trends
The Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE) recently released the Georgia Milestones results for the 2016-17 school year1. Overall, students across the state showed progress in math and language arts, albeit with a slight [...]
Friday Factday: Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
July 26, 2017 celebrates the 27th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. The ADA prohibits discrimination, and guarantees that people with disabilities [...]
Friday Factday: Homeownership and Household Formation Among Millennials
Nationally, the country is experiencing a delay in household formation among the millennial generation, as well as declining homeownership rates. This week's Friday Factday explores these trends in the 10-county metro area. In terms [...]
Hotlanta: Temperature Changes 2000-2017
Update through June, 2017: June 2017 was the first month with a below average temperature (-0.2°F) in Atlanta since January 2016! That's 16 months in a row of above average temperatures. What led [...]
Friday Factday: ARC’s BIG Move
On June 19th, 2017 ARC moved from its home of nearly 17 years at Loudermilk Center to our new digs in the International Tower at Peachtree Center. While we have many fond memories of [...]
Friday Factday: Spending and Jobs Supported by Nonprofit Arts and Culture Industry
The recently released Arts and Economic Prosperity 5 Study by Americans for the Arts estimates the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry for 341 communities throughout the U.S. The upcoming Regional [...]