Daniel J. Willis
Daniel is a data analyst and database designer. He previously spent 10 years at the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, and San Jose Mercury News in a variety of roles. His work has been honored by the Education Writers of America, Northern California Society of Professional Journalists, California Newspaper Publishers Association, and White House Correspondents Association among others. He is an alumnus of the University of California at Santa Cruz where he studied economics. You can find him on Twitter at @BayAreaData or reach him by email, with PGP keys and Signal available by request.
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Database: California's lowest-performing schools in 2018-19
Under a federal education law that requires states to identify the lowest performing schools, districts with these schools will get some federal aid and are required to figure out how to make the schools better.
Daniel J. Willis
February 6, 2019
Searchable database: Chronic absenteeism in California schools
Search EdSource's database to find the chronic absenteeism rate (the percentage of students who miss 10 percent or more of instructional days) for all California schools by grade level.
Daniel J. Willis
January 31, 2019
Search lead test results in California school water
A new state law requires California schools to test water for lead. This database shows the highest test result at the more than 3,700 schools which have already conducted tests.
Daniel J. Willis And Justin Allen
September 24, 2018
Database on chronic absenteeism in California schools 2016-17
Search EdSource's database to find the chronic absenteeism rate (the percentage of students who miss 10 percent or more of instructional days) for all California schools by grade level.
Daniel J. Willis
December 5, 2017
Look up suspension and expulsion rates for California schools in 2016-17
New state data shows 46 percent drop in school suspensions over the last five years, but African- American students still disproportionately suspended
Daniel J. Willis
November 1, 2017
California map shows hot spots of homeless students
Explore our map showing the percentage of homeless students as reported by California's more than 10,000 schools.
Daniel J. Willis
October 2, 2017
Vaccination Rates by School in California, 2016-17
New data provides the percentage of vaccinated kindergarten students by school in the 2016-17 and 2015-16 school years
Daniel J. Willis And Justin Allen
April 27, 2017
Graduation and dropout rates: Look up California high schools
The numbers vary among ethnic groups, school districts and individual high schools.
Daniel J. Willis, Justin Allen, And Larry Gordon
April 18, 2017
Graduation and dropout rates: Look up California school districts
The numbers vary among ethnic groups, school districts and individual high schools.
Daniel J. Willis, Justin Allen, And Larry Gordon
April 18, 2017
States in Motion: Visualizing how education funding has changed over time
Fourteen interactive charts that explain how economic and social changes over the past fifty years have affected California's investment in education compared to other states.