Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium (KC-AERC) http://www.kcaerc.org Thu, 17 May 2012 20:32:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 KC-AERC in the press: Study of KC flash mobs http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/05/17/kc-aerc-in-the-press-study-of-kc-flash-mobs/ http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/05/17/kc-aerc-in-the-press-study-of-kc-flash-mobs/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 20:26:29 +0000 Emily http://www.kcaerc.org/?p=551 Continue reading →]]> Reporter Todd C. Frankel of the St. Louis Post Dispatch covers the KC Teen Plaza Issues study and suggests it may be useful in better understanding a violent outbreak in the Delmar Loop.

Study of KC flash mobs could offer lessons for Delmar Loop outbreak

Boredom seemed to be the main driver behind the mayhem last summer at a popular Kansas City shopping district, according to a new study of what led the large group of teens to turn violent.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/study-of-k-c-flash-mobs-could-offer-lessons-for/article_3c02a432-9f72-11e1-84d1-001a4bcf6878.html

]]> http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/05/17/kc-aerc-in-the-press-study-of-kc-flash-mobs/feed/ 0 KC-AERC in the Press: Heard on the Hill http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/05/17/kc-aerc-in-the-press-heard-on-the-hill/ http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/05/17/kc-aerc-in-the-press-heard-on-the-hill/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:53:40 +0000 Emily http://www.kcaerc.org/?p=544 Continue reading →]]> Reporter Andy Hyland of the Lawrence Journal World mentions Prof. Hyunjin Seo’s work on the flash mobs project.

Heard on the Hill: KU researcher looks at why teens form violent flash mobs

Hyunjin Seo, assistant professor of journalism, contributed to a study that’s been getting some media attention in Kansas City and St. Louis these days.

Read more on this and other KU news when you scroll down at: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/may/17/heard-hill-university-virginia-poaches-two-profess/

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Just give us safe places to have fun, KC teens say

Teens in Kansas City are bored and they just don’t think there are enough fun things to do in this town.
That’s the conclusion of a survey released Tuesday.

Read more here: http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/just-give-us-safe-places-to-have-fun-kc-teens-say/

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Persistent racial gaps shown in education data

They knew when they opened a new portal to civil rights education data that they were opening a volatile box.The U.S. Department of Education’s statistics on school experiences divided by race and ethnic groups expose communities anew to hard-to-explain disparities.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/16/3496678/persistent-racial-gaps-shown-in.html

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Group probes flash mobs, social media

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Flash mobs inspire study

The Kansas City flash mob that turned violent on the Country Club Plaza last summer has attracted local university researchers who are studying the social media phenomenon.

Read more here:http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/11/3484582/flash-mobs-inspire-study.html

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Professor studies how teens view flash mobs and their violent potential

LAWRENCE — If you’ve seen a flash mob, chances are you’ve seen video of it online — a group of people spontaneously breaking into organized dance in a public place. But sometimes the gatherings, often organized via social media, can turn violent, as was the case in Kansas City in 2011 when shots were fired among a gathering of young people at the Country Club Plaza.

Read the full article at news.ku.edu.

]]> http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/03/08/kc-aerc-researchers-studying-flash-mobs/feed/ 0 Math Matters: Transition from K-12 to Post-secondary Education http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/math-matters-transition-from-k-12-to-post-secondary-education/ http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/math-matters-transition-from-k-12-to-post-secondary-education/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:29:07 +0000 admin http://www2.ku.edu/~ipsr/cgi-bin/kcaercblog/?p=289 Continue reading →]]> Principal investigators Jackie Spears (K State), Tamera Murdock (UMKC), and Carolyn Barber (UMKC) are exploring factors influencing students who were proficient in high school math courses being enrolled in remedial college math classes. The project, funded by the NSF, employes Kansas statewide databases and a case study of Olathe Unified School District and Johnson County Community College.

]]> http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/math-matters-transition-from-k-12-to-post-secondary-education/feed/ 0 Kansas City Teen Plaza Issues http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/teen-plaza/ http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/teen-plaza/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:28:42 +0000 admin http://www2.ku.edu/~ipsr/cgi-bin/kcaercblog/?p=287 Continue reading →]]> Principal investigators Hyunjin Seo (KU) and Brian Houston (MU) researched flash mobs: definitions, causes, implications, and results. The research, funded by the Kauffman Foundation and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, involved focus groups and a survey of Kansas City youth aged 13-24 who were demographically representative of the populations that have participated in past Kansas City flash mobs. Download a copy of the report at the following link:

Youth Flash Mobs in Kansas City: Causes, Consequences and Recommendations
(59 pages, PDF)

Related links:
KC-AERC in the press: Study of KC flash mobs
St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper

KC-AERC in the press: Heard on the Hill
Lawrence Journal-World newspaper

KC-AERC in the press: Just give us safe places
Kansas City Star newspaper

KC-AERC in the press: KCTV Channel 5 clip
KCTV Channel 5 television station

KC-AERC in the press: Flash mobs inspire study
Kansas City Star newspaper

KC-AERC in the press: Researching flash mobs
University of Kansas News website

]]> http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/teen-plaza/feed/ 0 KC STEM Alliance Evaluation – October 2011 http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/kc-stem-alliance-2/ http://www.kcaerc.org/2012/01/10/kc-stem-alliance-2/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:28:27 +0000 admin http://www2.ku.edu/~ipsr/cgi-bin/kcaercblog/?p=285 Continue reading →]]> Researchers Tamera Murdock (UMKC), Carolyn Barber (UMKC), and Leigh Anne Taylor Knight (KC-AERC) are developing methods for evaluating the effect of the Kansas City STEM Alliance on constituent communities. Specifically the team will:

  • work with the KC STEM Alliance to develop a logic model for the evaluation;
  • in collaboration with the KC STEM Alliance and KC-AERC, create a plan to jointly obtain the necessary data for evaluation;
  • provide data analyses of archival data from the KC STEM Alliance and KC-AERC;
  • submit a report summarizing the findings based on data provided by the KC STEM Alliance and KC-AERC.
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