Trinity Banter | Veronica Armendariz | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/varmenda/activity/ Activity feed for Veronica Armendariz. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:53:35 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 767e648aaa338f7a0f140c2970f83ff0 Veronica Armendariz commented on the post, Issuing penalties to districts when families opt out of testing?, on the site Urban Ed @ Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/urbaned/2016/04/18/issuing-penalties-to-districts-when-families-opt-out-of-testing/#comment-129 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:00:19 -0400 Recently the CT State Department of Education set penalties for school districts where large percentage
I personally think it is ridiculous to penalize school districts where there are large percentages of […]

]]> b98038e24a205e8c39c5233eebef5208 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Connecticut Open Communities Alliance, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1668 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:08:07 -0400 Open_Communities_AllianceOpen Communities Alliance is a new civil rights organization that promotes access to opportunity for all people through education, organizing, advocacy, research, and partnerships. Erin Boggs, executive director of CT OCA, began working on a “Housing Mobility Map” with Prof. Jack Dougherty at the Connecticut Inequality Hackathon in spring 2014, and Trinity students continued to assist her in summer 2014. Read more about what Jack learned by participating in his first hackathon.

The Housing Mobility Map (based on Derek Eder’s open-source template) allows families and housing counselors to enter the address of a possible apartment or house, view surrounding neighborhood assets, and evaluate the level of opportunity in that census tract, based on a recent report commissioned by the CT Fair Housing Center. To explore the current version of this tool, enter in the apartment or home you are considering here.

[caption id="attachment_1738" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Click to explore the current version of the Housing Mobility Map. Click to explore the current version of the Housing Mobility Map.[/caption]

]]> 22e68b394d923881e09dba4c8541b275 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, GreatBy8 School Map, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1660 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:53:18 -0400 Greatby8

Great By 8 is a community collaborative focused on improving access to high quality services in the areas of early childhood education and health in the West Hartford area.

For GreatBy8, we created an interactive map that is able to allow users to look up their addresses in West Hartford and find different resources (such as schools, early childhood programs, health programs, and other programs) as well as seeing the demographics in each of their individual census tracts. Within each of the census tracts users are able to see the number of children 0-9, median household incomes, and percentage of adults with a bachelor’s degree and above. To see the different schools, early childhood centers, and resources around you as well as other demographics according to your own census area, type in your address here.

[caption id="attachment_1726" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Click to explore GreatBy8 interactive map. Click to explore GreatBy8 interactive map.[/caption]

]]> a5b00f89d5c9c21d90aa8311cac20175 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Career Resources Inc. STRIVE Eligibility Map, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1658 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:14:23 -0400 CAREER_RESOURCES_INC_Career Resources, Inc. provides youth and adults throughout Connecticut the skills, resources and support necessary for personal development, economic self-sufficiency and career advancement, and provides planning and staffing resources to the business community in support of workforce development and economic growth.

They have two main offices for the STRIVE program in the cities of Hartford and Bridgeport and have certain eligibility areas within each city. Users are able to enter in their address and see if their census area is within the eligibility area for the STRIVE program. To find out if you’re eligible, see interactive map here.

[caption id="attachment_1731" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Click to explore Career Resources map in a new tab/window. Click to explore Career Resources map in a new tab/window.[/caption]

]]> fce3f8dd2b7c0989118b213b6ba21c33 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, AH CAPT Line Chart, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1625 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:13:09 -0400 [iframe src=’https://veronicaxarmendariz.github.io/AH-CAPT-Line-Chart’]

Using data from 2007-2013 school level in various Hartford Public Schools, the chart demonstrates the percent of students at proficiency and the goal on the CAPT. You are able to compare between schools and see the specific achievements of each year when hovering over and clicking a specific point on the line chart. For more information, see tutorial here.

]]> e533750ac81d40cc3b7d67c9ce2789a7 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, AH CMT Line Chart, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1623 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:06:24 -0400 [iframe src=’https://veronicaxarmendariz.github.io/AH-CMT-Line-Chart’]

Using data from 2007-2013 school level in various Hartford Public Schools, the chart demonstrates the percent of students at proficiency and the goal on the CMT. You are able to compare between schools and see the specific achievements of each year when hovering over and clicking a specific point on the line chart. For more information, see tutorial here.

]]> 4a1309c01faa16372f6142baca53344c Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Tableau Sample Test, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1554 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:28:18 -0400 [iframe src=’http://veronicaxarmendariz.github.io/AH-Dynamic-Line-Chart/’]

Using data from 2007-2012 grade level cohorts in various Hartford Public Schools, the chart demonstrates the percent of students at proficiency on the CMT. You are able to compare between schools and see the specific achievements of each year when hovering over and clicking a specific point on the line chart. For more information, see tutorial here.

]]> 39f044556796647b852aa0b66399f917 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Connecticut Education Directory Map via Socrata Platform, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1508 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:04:25 -0400 [iframe width=”625px” title=”CT Schools Map” height=”625px” src=”https://data.ct.gov/w/shww-dhc6/wqz6-rhce?cur=bcNq2Cc84PN&from=root” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”>CT Schools Map]

Powered by Socrata

Using the Socrata platform for the Connecticut open data portal, I used the visualization and filter tools to create this visualization. The visualization differentiates different schools in Connecticut by charter schools, technical schools, magnet schools, state agencies, regional schools, and district schools. The user is able to visually see the points on the map and be able to differentiate the different types of schools in each parts of the regions in Connecticut.

]]> 9940578408ef081ee53f1f897e45adf3 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Sample Post, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/?p=1471 Fri, 23 May 2014 14:47:53 -0400 [iframe src=”http://veronicaxarmendariz.github.io/gviz-scatter-series/ctvoices-race-freelunch.html” height=700 ]

]]> 98f96e4dd2409180974865b5f0ee66f2 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Ex, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/2014/04/26/ex/ Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:29:33 -0400 a0830337d3685131e7151d89c18b81d9 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, CT Voices Choice Watch scatter chart, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/2014/04/22/ct-voices-scatter-chart/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:07:29 -0400 CT Voices came to us with spreadsheet data of CT schools by racial minority, percent free & reduced lunch, and school type (charter, magnet, technical, etc.)

We worked with CT Voices to transform this […]

]]> 89f1a3a8d08d3c8e2c197d79a02c290a Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Sample 2: Maps, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/2014/02/17/sample-2-maps/ Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:53:41 -0500 ad6de6fdfa543792a021cfb2d7283e15 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, (no title), on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/2014/02/13/374/ Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:00:18 -0500 Thumbnail Learn About Tableau

]]> 1da4ed017e57e55bc2ba544984bc179c Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Sample, on the site DataViz http://commons.trincoll.edu/dataviz/2014/02/03/sample-2/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:54:17 -0500 ThumbnailLine of text.

View Bad Map in a full screen map

]]> 583d6477c840a22cf27faf662401f5c8 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Robert Cotto Jr.'s Vision for Education in the Hartford Region, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/11/11/robert-cotto-jr-s-vision-for-education-in-the-hartford-region/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:08:30 -0500 Thumbnail

On November 8th 2013, held a luncheon for the school integration conference “Where Integration Meets Innovation” (by the group One Nation Indivisible)with panelists discussing the progress in educational […]

]]> 178f7b8cfb86ebb4650fc55df4703121 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Exercise 7: How To Lie With Maps, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/27/exercise-7-how-to-lie-with-maps-3/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:45:19 -0400 Hartford Area School Racial Diversity (2009-2010 Academic School Year)

Hartford Area School Racial Division (2009-2010 Academic School Year)

Using the data from the racial composition of students in […]

]]> 975142f5575448a6ca25e5df0b6b80ca Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Sample Map!, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/23/sample-map/ Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:47:06 -0400 Sample map of my own!

]]> 1b5fa20069bf310a957203e2c74e820e Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, World War II and the 1944 Urban League Report, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/16/world-war-ii-and-the-1944-urban-league-report/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:59:18 -0400 ThumbnailFrom 1941 to 1945, the involvement of the United States in World War II caused major shifts in all parts of the country, particularly in the Northeast. During the war, industries in the United States became more […]

]]> 833af5a0944464cc08a10f3239066c03 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagarism, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/27/avoiding-plagarism/ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:38:39 -0400  

In order to understand how NOT to plagiarize, one must actually know how to intentionally plagiarize. Knowing what plagiarism is allows writers to be able to write more carefully and avoid any trouble with […]

]]> e374b89f3d46ceed5a025deeb929e69e Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Sheff v. O'Neill 2013, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/23/sheff-v-oneill-2013/ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:27:10 -0400 On April 20, 2013, the defendants and plaintiffs of the Sheff v. O’Neill met to discuss a year extension to the previous goals created because the goals of the Phase II Stipulation were not met this year by the […]

]]> b8aed265eeb716850b16eaef91fd981c Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Some Real Estate Agents Discriminate Against Black Home Buyers, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/15/some-real-estate-agents-discriminate-against-black-home-buyers/ Sun, 15 Sep 2013 23:28:12 -0400 The article I examined was “Some real estate agents discriminate against black home buyers” which is an article in the Hartford Courant published on May 21, 1989 (1). In 1989, the Courant conducted a random test […]

]]> 1429b92b6d50db6dcedac69e7bd7a855 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Home Buying Simulation, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/06/home-buying-simulation-4/ Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:57:46 -0400 ThumbnailDuring this simulation, I was given an annual income of $30,000 which breaks down to $2,500 a month as income. For a downpayment, I had saved $5,000 dollars but had a debt of $100 a month to pay for a car that I […]

]]> d4b8eb46b51d26b8dc647cef46cc7a7c Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Sample Post, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/04/sample-post-967/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:55:13 -0400 Here’s a sample post! Enjoy 🙂

]]> 0d0ce871725618ea1a035063214c2808 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, The Noble Difference: Popularity of the Noble Network in Chicago, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/05/popularity-of-the-noble-network-of-charter-schools-in-chicago/ Sat, 04 May 2013 00:27:48 -0400 ThumbnailAs more high schools are opening and closing in the city of Chicago, more parents and future 9th grade students are taking advantage of public school choice and beginning to seek high schools that have established a reputation for producing results. High schools that have appealed to parents and students have ranged from magnet schools, montessori […]

]]> e48f9d64c73b44fc266581ecd7976ced Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Ed 300 Research Proposal on charter schools, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/04/ed-300-research-proposal-on-charter-schools/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:25:46 -0400 Question: How has the implementation of the Noble Network of Charter Schools in Chicago affected graduation rates/test scores compared to traditional high schools in the Chicagoland area from 1990 to present day? Why? For many years, parents have sought to send their children to top high schools that will prepare them for college without the private school cost. […]

]]> 8e1a42ddc06127c38a4d3a476800780a Veronica Armendariz commented on the post, Race to Nowhere, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/race-to-nowhere/#comment-4037 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:48:26 -0500 In the second to last paragraph, you mention that schools need to place less attention on tests and homework and let children think more freely which I thought was a really unique and bright idea. In the film I analyzed, Waiting for “Superman”, the film constantly focused on how important testing was and how schools […]

]]> b2d5cbe1bfeca194adfc53824b53dea8 Veronica Armendariz commented on the post, The Lottery Video Analysis, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/the-lottery-video-analysis/#comment-4036 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:39:42 -0500 Victoria, I really enjoyed your analysis especially because the film you analyzed was similar to the film I had analyzed, Waiting for “Superman”. Throughout my film, the emphasis on charter schools being the best alternative to public school was apparent like yours and even included the a story of a child with hopes of attending […]

]]> b2f6ab4acb6358828c491dd08a79081c Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, Video Analysis: Waiting for "Superman", on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/waiting-for-superman/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:44:17 -0500 ThumbnailWaiting for “Superman” is a documentary which investigates the different ways in which education is failing students and the development of the American public education system throughout the years. Moreover, the documentary goes in depth on the role of charter schools and different educational reforms, and how these factors are producing results that may change the […]

]]> b581afb1f2e431bf959138995e507b87 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, The American Teacher: Finding Reliable Reviews and Essays, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/the-american-teacher-finding-reliable-reviews-and-essays/ Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:17:43 -0500 ThumbnailQuestion: How do you find reviews and essays about video documentaries? Describe your search strategy and cite the 5 most thoughtful reviews or background essays on a designated video documentary. Your search results may include scholarly and/or popular press, but do your best not to include those featured on the film’s companion site. (Hint: the goal of this question is […]

]]> 884ca276195bf28c135fb047a228c8c3 Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, The Dangers of Plagiarism, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/02/the-dangers-of-plagiarism/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:45:09 -0500 Objective: In order to avoid plagiarism, one must first learn how to plagiarize. Each of the five paragraphs: the first three show different ways of plagiarizing, while the last two demonstrate how to paraphrase properly. Example 1:  Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. Ex. 1: Diane Ravitch says that Sean Corcoran, an economist at New York University, studied the […]

]]> 3322112979b74252f7a36bce9af2402e Veronica Armendariz wrote a new post, My Learning Goals , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2013/01/my-learning-goals-6/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:37:50 -0500 Throughout this class, I hope to grasp an understanding of both education and it’s history in order to interpret the different types of reform now. I would really like to grasp the roots of education and be able to express my own opinions and understand the opinions of others as well about education reform. Being […]

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