The Engage with Data blog

The Engage with Data blog highlights relevant issues that impact families and communities and sparks discussion about how nonprofits and other organizations can address those issues through evaluation.

Funding is Coming: Get Your Evidence Ready!

March 25, 2021

Funding is Coming: Get Your Evidence Ready! Here’s a sentence we don’t often get to say in education: the motherlode of funding is coming our way! The recently-passed American Rescue…

Education’s lessons learned from a year at home

March 9, 2021

Education’s lessons learned from a year at home It’s hard to believe that a year ago this week, my husband and I returned from a trip to visit my family…

Your data tracking cheat sheet

February 23, 2021

Your data tracking cheat sheet In my last post, I talked about how logic models — although they can be a chore — can actually be a great visual roadmap…

From “Ugh” to “Ooh!” – Reframing Logic Models

February 9, 2021

From “Ugh” to “Ooh!” – Reframing Logic Models “Ugh, they’re making us submit a logic model? What is the point of a logic model anyway? “I don’t understand all that…

Use Google Maps to explore your data in a new way

January 25, 2021

Use Google Maps to explore your data in a new way Isn’t it so gratifying to learn a new skill and get to apply it? One thing I’ve been learning…

We need teachers today.

January 6, 2021

We need teachers today. When I was a senior in high school, I thought the coolest job would be to serve as a member of Congress. I was lucky to…