Data science education as a public health intervention in E. Baltimore
summary
Community training in East Baltimore uses RStudio Cloud and a free online curriculum to teach data science on Chromebooks, enrolls cohorts paid to study with three hours of in-person office hours plus 24-hour Slack support, and runs a three‑month pilot that starts with two participants then scales; outcomes include an 80% success rate, creation of a local company offering tidy data as a service, and a new Johns Hopkins job classification to hire graduates.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 1:28The case for economic mobility
- 3:43Overcoming barriers to entry
- 6:16Building the training program
- 8:46Pilot results and student success
- 11:53Navigating employment challenges
- 13:54Creating the economic engine
- 16:19Q&A and closing thoughts
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