Street Data by Shane Safir Summary
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"Street Data" revolutionizes education by rejecting standardized testing for equity. What if student voices matter more than test scores? Dr. Shawn Ginwright calls it "absolutely path-breaking" - inspiring mini-grants nationwide and sparking debates that transform how we measure educational success.
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Beyond Numbers: Reimagining Education Through Street Data
Imagine a world where schools measure success not by test scores, but by how deeply students feel seen and heard. This is the revolutionary vision of "Street Data"-a paradigm shift that challenges our obsession with standardized metrics and instead centers the lived experiences of those at the margins. In an educational landscape dominated by what we might call "satellite data" (hovering far above classrooms) and "map data" (providing slightly more detail), street data emerges as the missing piece-qualitative, experiential information gathered at eye level through human interaction. Why has American education flatlined despite billions spent on closing achievement gaps? Perhaps we've been collecting and valuing the wrong kind of data all along. The street data approach flips the traditional dashboard by honoring non-Western ways of knowing and focusing on what's right in our students rather than what's wrong. It's akin to what businesses call "thick data"-ethnographic research that uncovers emotions and stories that numbers alone can't capture.
The Four Pillars and Framework for Transformation
Breaking Free from Western Knowledge Systems and Equity Traps
From Test Scores to Student Agency: Redefining Success
Building Coherence Through Graduate Profiles and Assessment
The Warm Demander: Building Anti-Racist Adult Culture
Implementing Street Data: From Theory to Practice
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