D&S researcher Monica Bulger discusses her participation in a meeting of experts held by the National Academy of Education. She concludes with a series of observations, including: The main problem is that researchers have ... Read on Medium

In “Class or Race: The Factor that Matters More for Equity,” D&S research analyst Mikaela Pitcan tackles the question of whether racial or class diversity should be considered the most important indicator of equity. Pitcan ... Read on Medium

D&S advisor Anil Dash calls for more specific categorization of tech companies. This also contributes to spreading tech’s well-known shortcomings around inclusion and diversity into new fields. Today, companies described a... Read on AnilDash.com

Anil Dash wrote a piece describing the evolution of blogs. He compares past and current capabilities of features, such as searches, comments, and following. He concludes with: Ultimately, though, I think most of these ideas we... Read on Medium

D&S researcher Alex Rosenblat wrote a blog post discussing how Uber can implement wage withholding policies without driver input or negotiation. This set up essentially provides negative disincentives to drivers to retriev... Read on TheRideShareGuy.com

D&S researcher Claire Fontaine writes about data is speeding up school segregation. Data is great at masking its own embedded bias, and school performance data allows privileged parents to reinforce educational inequality.... Read on Medium

D&S affiliate Anthony Townsend writes about his research in data and city charters. Now, there’s a number of organizations that are working hard on pushing cities up this maturity hill. CityMart is figuring out how to help... Read on Medium

D&S advisor Anil Dash details what the New York City tech community has done right. Put simply: New York City is unique in that its tech community is grounded in principles of social and civic responsibility. It’s an impor... Read on Medium

D&S affiliate Anthony Townsend writes more on city charters and big data. The point is… what we now think of as ‘hidebound obsolete bureaucracy’ was no so long ago the cutting edge analytics and evidence-based administrati... Read on Medium

D&S research analyst Mikaela Pitcan wrote a brief overview discussing student data privacy. Student data privacy conversations center on concerns regarding the safeguarding of data collected in educational settings. These ... Read on Medium