Exploring Our Schools

by Koestler, Felton-Koestler

Overview

Introduce your child to data collection and how it connects to their schools and education in the children’s book Exploring Our Schools.

How do we pay for public schools, and where does the money come from? Learn about how data helps the education system.

Storybook Features:

• This children’s book features different graphs and charts, post-reading questions, and an extension activity.
• 48 pages with vivid photographs
• Lexile 920L

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781731652195
Publisher:	Rourke Educational Media
Publication date:	03/13/2022
Series:	Data in Your World
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x (d)
Lexile:	920L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 15 Years

Table of Contents

What Is Data and Why Is It Important? 4

Reading Data with a Keen Eye 6

How Are Our Schools Funded? 8

Who Goes to Our Schools? 16

Who Has Internet Access? 30

Using Data to Uncover Inequality 38

Questions for Reflection 44

Extension Activity 45

Glossary 46

Index 47

Bibliography 47

About the Authors 48

Editorial Reviews

With the idea the "Data can help us understand the world, our country, and our local communities" in mind, these books explain how data may be organized into graphs, charts, and maps, and then used for analysis. Examples, such as a bar graph of U.S. race/ethnicity, are shown; then captions explain how to interpret the data. The usefulness of maps that reflect the connection between geography and data is also pointed out. Intentional misuse of data and how it can be misunderstood due to misreading or unclear labels is discussed, as well as how data can be used to predict future trends. Name changes for race and ethnicity over time are also mentioned. Each book begins with "Before" and "During" reading suggestions, and back matter features reflection questions and a suggested extension activity. VERDICT A helpful purchase for classes working on data interpretation. -School Library Journal

From the Publisher

04/01/2022

Gr 5–9—With the idea that "Data can help us understand the world, our country, and our local communities" in mind, these books explain how data may be organized into graphs, charts, and maps, and then used for analysis. Examples, such as a bar graph of U.S. race/ethnicity, are shown; then captions explain how to interpret the data. The usefulness of maps that reflect the connection between geography and data is also pointed out. Intentional misuse of data and how it can be misunderstood due to misreading or unclear labels is discussed, as well as how data can be used to predict future trends. Name changes for race and ethnicity over time are also mentioned. Each book begins with "Before" and "During" reading suggestions, and back matter features reflection questions and a suggested extension activity. VERDICT A helpful purchase for classes working on data interpretation.

School Library Journal