who we are
Metis Associates, a national research and consulting firm headquartered in New York City, brings over 40 years of experience in evaluation, information management, and grant development to its work with a wide range of organizations committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of children, families, and communities.
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NeON Arts participants performing during the summer 2018 showcase at Carnegie Hall. Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor.
Research has demonstrated that arts engagement may positively impact justice-involved youth; however, many of these youth have limited access to the arts. Aware of this research and seeking innovative approaches, the New York City Department of Probation sought to provide arts programming to youth on probation and their neighbors. Since 2011, Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) offices have been offering a range of human services to seven underserved New York City neighborhoods. Over the course of 18 months, Metis and our partner, Westat, worked with the Department of Probation, NYC Opportunity, and Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute and to evaluate NeON Arts.
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Over the past two decades, we have had the privilege of evaluating many 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) programs in states across the country, including in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, and Ohio. As part of our work, we collect a variety of data on program outcomes, such as student attendance, academic achievement, social-emotional learning, and program satisfaction from 21st CCLC staff members, regular school day teachers, parents, and students.
upcoming events
• January 16 - Creative Conversations: Reimagining & Redefining Youth Justice through the Arts. Resnick Education Wing at Carnegie Hall, New York. Participants: Susanne Harnett, Laura Satkowski
• January 23 - Key Findings from the ASED Music Expansion Evaluation. Presented at the Creativity Council meeting at the Anaheim Hilton Convention Center. Presenters: Julia Alemany and Laura Satkowski
• February 6-8 - 2019 National Policy Training Conference. The Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC. Participant: Marilyn Zlotnik
• February 26 - Building and Measuring Protective and Promotive Factors in Youth: The Youth Thrive™ Framework, 2019 Transition Age Youth Conference, Sacramento, CA. Presenters: Lisa Primus (Center for the Study of Social Policy), Erica Bjerke (Metis Associates)
magnet schools – then and now
Forty years ago, the first magnet schools were created as a tool to further racial desegregation in large urban school districts. In contrast to court-ordered methods and strategies such as forced bussing, the vision was that magnets would provide a voluntary means to create more diverse schools by offering parents and their children a unique environment or distinctive educational experience (such as a thematic curriculum or special pedagogical model).
Rosebank Integrated Technology and Biological Sciences STEAM Magnet School's booth for the 2018 School Choice Festival in the Metro Nashville Public Schools.
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