Education Week reports that Azavea’s Summer of Maps analysis enabled DVAEYC to get significant funding to further their mission

Education Week reports that Azavea’s Summer of Maps analysis enabled DVAEYC to get significant funding to further their mission

Julie Blair of Education Week reports on the analysis that Lena Ferguson, one of our 2013 Summer of Maps fellows, completed while here at Azavea last summer.  The analysis shows where funding and preschool teachers are needed in the region, which prompted the Philadelphia City Council to respond by offering $500,000 to improve facilities for 2,000 children. The Philadelphia-based William Penn Foundation offered a similar sum for such improvements. Read more here.