Peggy Carr’s journey began in Cleveland, Ohio, where her family moved during The Great Migration. Carr was the first person of color in executive management at the National Center for Education Statistics and among the first to join the Federal Senior Executive Service.
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Professional Opportunities: March
Check out professional opportunities from Cleveland Clinic and The University of Texas at Austin.
Peggy Carr
Peggy Carr and her siblings were among the first African American students to integrate K–12 schools in eastern North Carolina. This challenging period of community growth, identity, and self-reflection inspired her intense interest in equity in education. She began to excel in mathematics and science, which eventually led her to excel at two historically Black universities—North Carolina Central and Howard. The first in her family to earn a PhD, Carr is also the first person of color to hold the prestigious, presidentially appointed position of NCES commissioner.
Demystifying Apportionment Computations for the US House of Representatives
Basic arithmetic skill (multiplication, division, and taking square roots) is all one needs to remove any mystery concerning the details of the computations about how to determine the number of seats each state gets based on its population.
Inaugural Florence Nightingale Day Inspires Students to Pursue Statistics, Data Science
The ASA and Caucus for Women in Statistics jointly hosted the first Florence Nightingale Day October 27, 2018, in Athens, Georgia; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Columbus, Ohio.
This Month in ASA History—October
Here is a historical event that occurred during the month of October.
Obituary December 2013
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