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Community-Centered Analysis

We provide advocates and civic and private sector leaders with data, metrics, analysis, and narrative storytelling.

Community Research

We work to integrate theory and practice through community-engaged research.

Education Research

Research focused on the landscape of education in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area and across the Commonwealth.
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Stepping Stones 2026 Report

The 2026 Stepping Stones Report focused on community well-being of families and children in Charlottesville and Albemarle
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Charlottesville's Frontline Workers

Data analysis about frontline and essential workers in our region, done in support of the Frontline Workers Fair Treatment Charter
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To Be a Good Neighbor

This document, written at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, responds to the question that Universities must ask: How can we be a good partner in the current pandemic?