Mapping where Edmonton’s kids live and learn
May 25, 2010 at 6:55 pmOn Friday evening, an interactive map I worked on with Edmonton Journal education reporter Sarah O’Donnell went live. Sarah’s first story based on the data was published in the paper today. Here’s our introduction to the project:
With five schools closing in Edmonton’s core and nine new suburban schools opening in September, education reporter Sarah O’Donnell [...]
Learning about the Edmonton Public Schools Foundation
April 21, 2010 at 10:00 am Yesterday I attended an information session at Evansdale School on the Edmonton Public Schools Foundation, which launched on February 10. I admit I hadn’t even heard of the foundation until Jeremy mentioned the information sessions to me! I’m glad he did, because it was really interesting to learn about.
Our host for the session was [...]
Edmonton Public Schools & Open Data
April 8, 2010 at 3:00 pmToday I’m very excited to announce that Edmonton Public Schools has taken a big step into the world of open data by releasing a data set containing information on all of their schools, including the six opening later this year. I understand the data will be made available in the City of Edmonton’s Open [...]
Tags: edmonton, edmonton public schools, education, epsb, open data, schools, yegdataBack to high school to congratulate Mr. Rice
June 8, 2007 at 12:53 pmYesterday I took a trip down memory lane and revisited my old high school, McNally. I’ve been back a few times since graduating in 2001, but yesterday’s trip had a very specific purpose – I went to congratulate my old principal, George Rice, on his retirement. I found out this was his last year a [...]
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