1. A Graphing Activity on Growing Incarceration Rates (internal link) Abstract: A 1-day lesson that asks students to answer questions about a Line Graph showing the exponential growth of the US Incarceration rate over the past 50 years. Math involved includes Line Graphs and Rates. Category: Line Graphs, Graphing, Rates
2. A Guide to Graduation Rates in NYC (internal link) Abstract: A short guide to how graduation rates are calculated in NY, as well as data on different demographic groups and geographic areas. Category: Data, Rates
3. And Justice For Some (external link) Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the Juvenile Justice system, looking especially at the racial disparities of the young people caught up in it. Category: Proportions, Rates
5. Foreign Exchange: Investigating the Economy of Foreign Nations (internal link) Abstract: In this lesson, students share ideas about the values of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. They then research the economy of a foreign country and prepare an appropriate budget for one month study abroad. They synthesize their learning by reflecting on what life would be like if they were to live on $100 a week in a foreign country. Category: Rates, budgets, currency conversion
6. Gender Differences in Pay (internal link) Abstract: This article considers the gender pay ga in the US. While there have been important gains over the past 25 years, the article examines other significant remaining gender differences. Category: Rates, Percent Growth
7. Hitting the 9 Million Mark (external link) Abstract: Some experts predict there will be 9 million New Yorkers by 2030. But are such forecasts reasonable? This article explores the numbers. Category: Rates, Percent Growth
8. Home Buying While Brown or Black (external link) Abstract: An article about exploring the issue of racism in home-buying and discrimination in lending practices to homeowners of color. Category: Rates, ratios
9. Housing Costs Change List of Top Areas for Poverty (internal link) Abstract: This article reports on new findings that adjust the poverty line to reflect housing costs, and find that New York, California, and Washington, DC have highest percentage of people living in poverty. Category: Inflation, Rates
10. Incarceration & Crime Rates (internal link) Abstract: This series of lessons explores the connection between Crime Rates and Incarceration Rates in the U.S. Math involved includes line graphs, slope, writing functions, and rates. Category: Slope, Functions, Line Graphs, Rates
11. Measuring Water With Justice (external link) Abstract: This is a multidisciplinary unit that explores water issues, developed by Bob Peterson, one of the authors of Rethinking Mathematics. Category: Measurement, Equivalent Fractions, Percents, Rates
12. Paying More for the American Dream: A Multi-State Analysis of Higher Cost Home Purchase Lending (external link) Abstract: An analysis of 2005 federal mortgage lending data shows that African American and Latino borrowers remain much more likely to pay more for their home purchase loans than white borrowers. This report examines the cost of borrowing in six metropolitan areas in the United States, and confirms that large disparities remain in the pricing of home purchase loans. Category: Data, Data Analysis, Graphing, Rates
13. Poor Prescription: The Costs of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States (internal link) Abstract: This article examines the enormous costs of imprisoning drug offenders in the U.S. It also examines how issues of race and class are central in terms of who is being incarcerated. Includes both National and State specific data. Category: Data, Data Analysis, Graphing, Rates
14. Poverty in California: Moving Beyond the Federal Measure (external link) Abstract: This report examines poverty rates in the U.S., and adjusts for housing costs, which end up making NY, Washington DC and California the poorest places in the country. The report also challenges traditional models of measuring poverty. Category: Inflation, Rates
18. Rock Oil, Rock Oil Everywhere (external link) Abstract: This series of lessons studies the production and consumption of oil in the U.S. and around the world. Category: Surface area, volume, rates
19. Social Explorer: Interactive Map Page (external link) Abstract: This page contains an incredible mapping program. Start with a map of the U.S. Then pick a larger topic (such as race, income, foreign-born population, education) and then more specific categories (ie. % Hispanic, % Black, % White)… and zoom in on a state, county, or census tract within seconds. Category: Mapping, Rates, Geometry
20. Student Debt: Bigger and Bigger (external link) Abstract: This study explores the rising debt that young people are taking on to pay for college, and the implications for their future employment and lifestyle that having this burden will have on them. It also looks at differences in college-related debt between lower-income and high-income families. Category: Percents, Rates
21. The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings (internal link) Abstract: This report illustrates the economic value of a high school or college diploma. It also provides, by level of education, synthetic estimates of the average total earnings adults are likely to accumulate over the course of their working lives. Category: Data, Data Analysis, Trends, Graphing, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Averages, Rates
23. The Human Development Index (external link) Abstract: Published by the United Nations, this country-by-country index compares many factos including life expectancy, literacy, GDP, education, poverty, and much more. Category: Index, Indices, Rates
24. The Rental Housing Affordability Gap: 2001 to 2003 (external link) Abstract: This report compares the number of housing units available for low-income families (6 million) with the number of low-income families (7.7 million) and both the reasons for and implications of this discrepency Category: Rates, Percent Growth
26. US Census Bureau: 2004 Population Reports (external link) Abstract: A list of publications from the US Census Bureau about national population statistics, including a count of current estimates of tehe number of inhabitants by state, city, county, etc., as well as nationwide. It also looks a wide variety of information on social and economic characteristics of the population such as ethnicity, income, housing, etc. Category: Statistics, Data, Density, Rates, Percents
