2 Years of Relevant Data- Thanks!
and 2023 Year in Review
Thanks everyone for supporting this substack. I wish the best to you and your families in 2024, and hope that you have taken insights learned to improve the lives of your children.
In 2024 I will continue to focus on data about children & families, and how adults and expert’s decisions affect their lives. Please comment or write with feedback, suggestions, or thoughts on what you’d like to see this upcoming year.
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Here are the most popular posts from 2023:
US Health Agencies' Record of False Pediatric Death Statistics
A note before I dive in: The cyclical nature of the references to child Covid deaths between Pfizer, the FDA, and CDC is a little hard to keep track of. When Pfizer was referencing these “deaths” in their reports that they submitted to the FDA, they are usually citing CDC’s
Chronic Absenteeism Worse in States who Closed Schools Longer
A new preprint is out from a professor at Stanford, that analyzes the Chronic Absenteeism rates from before and after the pandemic. The paper analyzed mask mandates, enrollment changes, and the percentage increase in Chronic Absenteeism at a state level. Below is a chart that shows the increase between the 2018/19 School year, and the 2021/22 School Yea…
Covid Stimulus Payments in 2020-21 were completely Absorbed by Inflation in 2022
If you are a working adult, you do not need a news report or a politician to tell you that your dollars have not been going as far over the last year+. A nagging question I have had over the last couple years is just exactly what the net effect was of the stimulus money during the pandemic.
Effects of School Resource Officers on School Shootings
Are School Resource Officers an effective deterrent for would-be shooters in Schools? This question seems somewhat straightforward. However, like most issues involving kids and politics, opposing sides come to opposite conclusions. This post makes an attempt to ask- what does the data actually show?
CDC's claim about "Covid Myocarditis" come up short in real world
The below are charts and links to CDC’s claims about “Covid myocarditis” that they made throughout the last couple years, as post-mRNA vaccine induced Myocarditis was being established as a known safety signal and particular risk to young men. See the sensational charts with links below:
The Dashed Dreams of Digitized Learning
The 2010’s saw the proliferation of laptops, tablets, and all kinds of devices in classrooms. Consumer devices that were originally designed for entertainment or work productivity were repurposed for educational content delivery, digital textbooks, and new “individualized learning.” Personal computing and internet- connected devices were believed to be an equalizing force that would narrow the gap between the digital have and have-nots. The decade saw a major change in how students interacted with and used technology. No longer reserved for research in the library, computer class, or sitting at a workstation with a special software program; devices were now everywhere, all the time. A student having ubiquitous access to a world of instant information would usher in a new era of equity and improved education outcomes.
School Shooting Data Deep Dive
This post is going to primarily focus on data from a comprehensive database on School Shootings over the last 50 years. This is a contentiously debated issue and evokes lots of emotions and opinions on policy. For now, I’ll be posting observations from my deep dive into the data and sharing those observations as objectively as I can, and publish a link to the dashboard with all of the charts and analysis for interactivity and raw data access. I have attempted to structure the dashboard to allow granular filtering and interactivity to allow users to ask their own questions and derive their own insights.
Thanks for what you do. I'd be interested in knowing data around Legacy Media subscriptions vs alternate media such as Rebel Media/True North (Canadian) or The Free Press/The Hill/Breaking Point (US) or GB News (UK) as well as readership on substack. Are those data available? I imagine it is difficult to compare apples to apples.
Thanks again.
I'd appreciate a post about shifting numbers of children in the 50 states so far this decade. There's the talk, and evidence, of people leaving northern states and California lately, and moving to southern states, but I don't know what the numbers are on changes in school-age populations.