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Civic Engagement & Community Solutions: Facts & Figures Across the Sectors
From the White House Council for Community Solutions, this facts and figures describes how individuals, nonprofit organizations, the philanthropy sector, and business all have valuable contributions to offer in creating innovative solutions to the nation’s urgent social needs. It provides a snapshot of each sector’s current state of civic involvement and possible cross-sector strategies that will foster faster, more effective progress in addressing our most pressing social challenges.
 
BCA Triennial Survey of Business Support to the Arts
A new survey from the Business Committee for the Arts finds while the economic downturn has resulted in fewer companies making philanthropic contributions to the arts, those companies that have continued their support actually gave a slightly greater share of their charitable dollars.
 
EXPLORING THE DIGITAL NATION: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States
The Commerce Department provides authoritative, nationally-comprehensive data on access to the Internet throughout the United States.
 
Live from Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals, Vol 1: Summary Report
This report combines key results from two investigative efforts—an online, national survey of outdoor arts festivals and seven case studies—to examine the range and variety of arts festivals in the U.S., the artists they employ, the communities they serve, and the roles they play in our cities, towns, and neighborhoods. The survey collected, for the first time, comprehensive data on a large cross-section of U.S. arts festivals, including information about audiences, arts programming, budgets, and operating structure.
 
Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement
Does differential access to computer technology at home compound the educational disparities between the rich and the poor? Authors examine the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005, using data on the state's public school students and earlier surveys documenting broad racial and socioeconomic gaps in home computer access and use. The introduction of home computer technology is associated with modest but statistically significant and persistent negative impacts on student math and reading test scores, thus broadening math and reading achievement gaps. They conclude that home computer technology is put to more productive use in households with more effective parental monitoring.
 

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