5 Tips to Streamline Your Data Cleaning Process
Data cleaning is possibly the most critical step in running statistical analyses. A general rule of thumb is to spend 80% of your time cleaning data and the remaining 20% [...]
Magnolia 2018 Staff Retreat
For this year’s annual staff retreat, the Magnolia Consulting team gathered at a beautiful lake house nestled along Lake Anna in Central Virginia. The theme of this year’s retreat was [...]
What Adult Learners Need: In Support of Community Colleges
I recently came across an NPR article entitled “What Adult Learners Really Need (Hint: It’s Not Just Job Skills)” by Anya Kamenetz (2018). In the article, the author interviews David [...]
Eight Steps to Conducting an Evidence Search
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) promotes the use of federal funds to purchase programs that have evidence of effectiveness in increasing student success. But how can state and local [...]
Crafting a Powerful Message: Steps to Develop an Impactful Infographic
In late February we visited Columbia, South Carolina to deliver our Introduction to Infographics and Strategies for Use in Evaluation workshop at Children’s Trust of South Carolina. Children’s Trust is [...]
Characteristics of School Employee Sexual Misconduct: What We Know from a 2014 Sample
From September 2016 to January 2017, Magnolia Consulting conducted a study on the implementation of Title IX guidance in school districts that had experienced incidents of school employee sexual misconduct [...]
Save Time and Add Style: Creating an Icon Gallery for Reporting
At Magnolia Consulting, we use icons in a variety of ways to illustrate key ideas and takeaways in our reporting. Icons provide a quick visual reference for readers of infographics [...]
School Employee Sexual Misconduct Study Finds K-12 School Districts Fail to Implement Key Elements of Title IX
Charlottesville, VA (Oct. 31, 2017) — An estimated one in ten K–12 students—about 4.5 million children—will experience sexual abuse at the hands of a school employee at some point in their education, [...]
Reflections on Eclipse 2017
Scientists setting up the viewing area for the eclipse. Special eclipse-viewing glasses ready for the citizen scientists. A telescope ready for use by the scientists. Educational materials at the [...]
Lights, Camera, Action: Using Video to Share Evaluation Findings (Part 2)
Part 2: Tips and Tricks for Creating a PowerPoint Video Have you ever wanted to create an animated video but aren’t sure where to begin? One program to consider is [...]