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Pre-K-12 Education

All Projects

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MOCAN-KCPS Postsecondary Outcomes Dashboard

This project designs, builds and pilots a data dashboard intended to help educators help students get into college.

Focus Areas: Postsecondary Education, K-12 Education

Year: 2026-Present

Bloch Scholars Program Evaluation

This evaluation examines how the Bloch Scholars Program, a full tuition scholarship helps students persist in college and graduate.

Focus Areas: Postsecondary Education, K-12 Education

Year: 2026-Present

MOCAN-KCCAN Advising Program Evaluation

This evaluation focuses on the implementation of the KCCAN Advising Program within six Kansas City Public School high schools.

Focus Areas: Postsecondary Education, K-12 Education

Year: 2025-2026

SchoolSmartKC Core Metrics Project

A regional convening to explore data, outcomes, and opportunities in the Kansas City Public Education System.

Focus Areas: K-12 Education

Year: 2024-Present

KU School of Medicine Pre-College Program Evaluation

This evaluation examines the impact of an extra-curricular enrichment program engaging middle and high school students in hands-on STEM learning experiences and exploration of STEM careers.

Focus Areas: STEM Education, K-12 Education

Year: 2023-Present

Junior Achievement Program Evaluation

This evaluation examines the impact and implementation of the Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City’s programming, which includes multiple touchpoints to engage K-12 students in learning about financial literacy, community-level economics, work and career readiness, and business management.

Focus Areas: Essential Skills/SEL, K-12 Education

Year: 2022-Present

School Suspension Project

The purpose of the School Suspension Project is to describe patterns in school suspensions in Kansas City, Missouri, elementary and middle schools.

Focus Areas: K-12 Education

Year: 2018-2019