Jason Ravitz

Evaluation by Design LLC (via Digital Promise, Google, and Buck Institute for Education) can help you learn, improve and grow better organizations and programs.

[Last Mile Education Fund @LastMileFund]

🙌 A huge thank you to @pivotalventures for featuring our NPR segment on "The Systemic Barriers to Landing a Big Tech Internship"! We're grateful to Pivotal Ventures for amplifying this discussion and bringing attention to the need for change. 👏 ✨ https://t.co/CIeUQ6xDy7

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@AECT today. Evaluation by Design is launching our new student dashboard of skills, learning experiences, and perceptions. This is useful in reporting to funders, program leads, coaches, and learners! #AECT2022
Learn more about our current projects. https://t.co/N3JkebN2Hy

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

Evaluation by Design acknowledges our team resides on the traditional land of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan and Ohlone people. We invite our bay area community to support indigenous leaders by paying your voluntary land tax to the #SogoreaTeLandTrust https://t.co/LIxYopjz8v

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

A note of gratitude for everyone who’s worked with us this year.

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

Evaluation can play a key role in foregrounding equity and justice challenges that programs face, and seeking solutions that don't also contribute to further inequality. If you don't ask questions about bias and injustice you will never see these, so we must continually step up.

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

This is an important shift in perspective that is clearly articulated, supported by research and able to demonstrate outcomes. I'm glad to be a supporter and advocate for @LastMileFund

[Last Mile Education Fund @LastMileFund]

"Think about investing in future success rather than only rewarding future success." @ruthef @RealAbril

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

We've talked about how this project has the potential to disrupt what Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel calls the Tyranny of Merit which plagues not just scholarships & education but all of society, as discussed here https://t.co/sRbQgOf5iy

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

Sending love and strength to all who dedicate themselves to pursuit of justice, on what would have been my Dad's 81st birthday. Detroit News: Activist lawyer, judge known for integrity: "He spent his life helping people. Nothing else mattered..." https://t.co/V4Qe5NtwOm

[Last Mile Education Fund @LastMileFund]

Please vote for Last Mile Education Fund's #SXSWedu session on investing in low-income #tech & #engineering students from an #abundance approach. Help bring the voices/experiences of low-income students into the #equity conversation. https://t.co/m9mKEwSEFx

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@amyjko One tradeoff might be that you'll get less exercise compared to being self-powered in some way

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@amyjko I'd like to be included in future conversations. I have advised on CSEdResearch and led studies for Google programs, REUs, CS4HS, Last Mile Education Fund, and currently working on CSAwesome research and various CS-related research & evaluation work.

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@amyjko @lisakaczmarczyk Is this process explained publicly, and was it at all valuable? I imagine you are supposed to be happy you didn't have to write the 55 page report too ;-) Any thoughts about a better evaluation approach for you in this case?

[Ruthe Farmer @ruthef]

Shoutout to @FlorenceNav @stevendoll @dawnsmedley @jasonravitz @BrendaDardenW @andrewcoy @DHFBaltimore @StephRod_PhD @cullwhite @SarahBassettLe1 (among others) who were there at the very beginning.

[Last Mile Education Fund @LastMileFund]

If you haven't signed up for the Last Mile Education Fund newsletter - do it now! We have some big news coming up soon! https://t.co/44MEYNXRQR

[Ruthe Farmer @ruthef]

Wow @MileFund applicant referred to food, a working laptop, gas and a WARM COAT as "luxuries" - 🤦🏾 how about investing in talent rather than expecting low-income students to just survive? Pls contribute 👉🏾👩🏾‍💻 https://t.co/jlvYveHxis #womenintech

[Last Mile Education Fund @LastMileFund]

Don't miss our official kick-off event on 1/13! Come learn how Last Mile Education is doing things differently when it comes to diversifying tech. Register here: https://t.co/7IzxdEYmQ1

#lastmilekickoff

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@jenorr Jimmy Smith's Christmas Cookin' for jazz organ fans https://t.co/JQNtIMYM1I

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@amyjko I'm curious - do you think that they already know how to ask each other for help -- about the launch or otherwise? If not, is that something you could potentially encourage as part of their overall preparation for the launch and beyond?

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

@kellyed121 Glad it led to some good discussion. It never hurts to try to connect lessons from different studies, so thank you for the opportunity. Enjoy the conference and keep me posted about what challenges you are taking on next.

[Jason Ravitz @jasonravitz]

Very pleased with the #ISTE2020 interface. Great energy from the early Sunday morning educators, as always. If you are there let's chat.