With the 2017 school year coming to an end, we take a look back at last year's Georgia Milestone scores for 3rd grade reading (English Language Arts). This map shows the mean scale scores for 2016 3rd grade English Language Arts by elementary school for school districts in the five core Atlanta counties. The [...]
This year, Atlanta will join the rest of the nation in celebrating our region's mothers on Sunday May 14, 2017. Since 1914, the United States has celebrated mothers with cards, flowers, jewelry, special meals and outings, and other fun treats especially for Mom. For 2017, Mother's Day spending is expected to reach $23.6 billion [...]
How has transit usage changed since the I-85 bridge collapse? The chart and map below use MARTA ridership data to show the change in average weekday ridership by rail station before and after the I-85 bridge collapse. The percentages show the change in the average number of riders boarding stations on weekdays during March [...]
It has been just over a month since the I-85 bridge collapse. In the May 2017 Regional Snapshot, we take a look at the impacts on commuting patterns and local businesses in the vicinity of the bridge collapse. Summary: March 30: Fire underneath I-85 caused the bridge to collapse and altered the commutes for hundreds [...]
Americans chose the month of May to celebrate Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States to commemorate two important events -- the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and the contribution of the nation's Chinese immigrants to the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, [...]
Our most recent update of The Quarter analyzes economic data in metro Atlanta for Q1 2017. The Quarter includes data on employment, home price indices, building permits, retail and office space, and more, with the goal of identifying what areas of our economy are striving and what areas are slower to recover. Visit The [...]
The locations in dark blue had the greatest increase in the number of mortgage loans originated for buying homes per square mile from 2012 to 2015. The greatest increase in loans were concentrated in the northern parts of the City of Atlanta, extending up through Fulton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, and Cobb Counties. Source: HMDA, [...]
To measure linguistic isolation, the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey asks respondents how well they speak English. This map shows the top 20% of "neighborhoods" (census tracts are used to represent neighborhoods) that have the highest percentage of residents who speak English less than "very well," using the mapping tools available through Neighborhood [...]
April 22, 2017 marks the 47th anniversary of Earth Day, which began in 1970 as a national event to educate the public about the environment. In the spirit of Earth Day, this week's Friday Factday explores a selection of environmental statistics for metro Atlanta.
Learn4Life: l4lmetroatlanta.org State of Education in Metro Atlanta | Baseline Report 2017 What is Learn4Life? Learn4Life (L4L) is the Metro Atlanta Regional Education Partnership, a collaborative effort that brings together school systems, local communities, business and nonprofits to drive resources and energy to proven solutions. These solutions are based on common [...]
