Overview In the voter data coming out after early voting, the number of votes in Montgomery County compared to Maryland total seemed pretty low. Upon further investigation, Montgomery County’s votes so far are the second worst county in Maryland based on comparing county voting age population. The data is fromContinue Reading
Executive Summary The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) requires standardized tests to measure proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. MCPS has a diverse community of students; there are over 120 languages spoken by the more than 26,000 students enrolled in the ESOL program. The top 5 languagesContinue Reading
Executive Summary The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) requires standardized tests to measure proficiency in ELA. Data for MCPS Grade 3 ELA scores in 2018, 2019, and 2021 were analyzed to answer 3 questions: What is the percent of proficient students at each school by year? What is theContinue Reading
Introduction A local podcast by Dr. Jessica Hasson – about differences in experiences (and thus coping methods) and practical and realistic ways to address our mental health needs on this podcast. Expect some snark, a lot of sarcasm, and real talk about life. Here are the podcast interviews with MontgomeryContinue Reading
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about if Montgomery County’s rapid drop in positive Covid cases are actually representative of what is happening on the ground. Some have questioned if the case dropping is due to an increase in availability of rapid tests. But I’m going to explain how thatContinue Reading
The state of Maryland has comprehensive data on both vaccines and cases on a per zip code basis and our analysis shows that vaccines work! What we did for this analysis is combine the two data sources to measure the relationship they have on each other. Size Differences of ZipContinue Reading
Why is there so much confusion over mask policy in Montgomery County, Maryland? It is not simple at all. Read further to understand everything that happened this week, what it means, and what the future holds regarding masks in MoCo. Deferring Language on Face Coverings Here is the most recentContinue Reading
Full slides: https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jan-5-Slides.pdf Hogan Highlights: Vaccine distribution will be the greatest peacetime undertaking in history Some hospitals doing good, some are ramping up still 5 counties are at 80% or more of Phase 1 vaccines given out they have received. Includes Moco. We will use ALL available resources to getContinue Reading
Here are a few charts that show vaccination data for the state of Maryland. The first graph shows the percent of the population that has been vaccinated by 1/02/2021. It shows that the National Capital Region (which includes MOCO is lagging significantly behind the rest of the state. Note thatContinue Reading
There is a really interesting dashboard on the Maryland Covid page which details the contact tracing information for those that tested positive over the last week (and a separate cumulative chart). This includes where they are employed, what high risk locations they were exposed to, and what types of largeContinue Reading