Use Open Data to find the best school in your region
Publication Date/Time
2016-11-02T10:30:00+00:00
Open Data allows parents to find and compare schools
Finding the right school is probably one of the most important
decisions in many parents' lives. You would like your child to be
educated in a place which provides a safe environment and offers
high-quality education. Preferably, this school is located in your
direct neighbourhood, and it should offer world-class facilities and
the best teachers in town. But how to find schools satisfying all
these criteria? Use Open Data!

Open Data does not only allow parents to identify the schools in the
vicinity of their house, but it could also allow parents to compare
the quality of schools based on a range of indicators. For example by
looking at class sizes, average grades, infrastructure and the rating
of the school based on reviews. This is best illustrated by some use
cases, for instance RomaScuola
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Italy or the School Portal
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in Moldova.

Using the Open Data available on the European Data Portal, the
location of schools in the direct neighbourhood can be explored. An
example on the location of primary schools comes from the German city
of Rostock, available here [/data/en/dataset/schulen-hro]. The map
shows a clear geographical spread of primary schools in this city.
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Interested in what Open Data can tell about schools in your area?
Explore the data yourself by following the link below.
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[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/schulen-hro]
 

 

 
