EdTrust West Education Equity Forum
San Diego, Ca | September 23, 2026
Is this for you?
Yes, if you are:
- A counselor, teacher, or administrator who gets asked questions you can’t answer with the reports you have.
- Working at a community organization and tired of data that arrives as a finished PDF.
- An advocate, researcher, or journalist following education in the region
- Someone who has never opened a public dataset and would like to, in community.
What this is not:
- A coding workshop. No experience needed with Python, R, or SQL.
- A presentation of C2C’s findings – these are your findings and your stories to tell.
- A competition. Nobody wins, and everybody wins → we’re learning together!
This session welcomes participants with all levels of data experience.
What You’ll Need
- Student Pathways Data
- Student Pathways Dashboard
- State-Run Scholarship Data
- Data Dictionary (Student Pathways)
- Data Dictionary (Financial Aid)
- FAQ (Student Pathways)
- FAQ (Financial Aid)
- Dashboard Tutorial
- Bring – Your Laptop
- Access to Excel
Sample Research Questions
- What’s the change in college enrollment patterns in a region (e.g., whole state, my school district, legislative district) over time?
- Do students from my district earn the same types of awards or spend the same amount of time in college as students from nearby/similar districts?
- What are the short term and long term wage outcomes for students who graduate from my district?
- How many students from my local university are a receiving Cal-Grant, and how does this relate to graduation outcomes?