UPDATE!: The 2020 Census is still open until October 31, fill it out!
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What's a census???
Andrew & Polly dig in with special guests Vicki Glazer from the U.S. Census Bureau and Emily McMillan with the Statistics in Schools program that's hitting classrooms across America next week. Next month, everyone will get a postcard in the mail -- it's your invitation to the party that is the next decade of America...RSVP so they bring enough forks!
To help your school support this important civic work, you can find out more at census.gov and here's some handy materials from the NEA - and thanks for supporting democracy!
Ideas & Vocabulary in this episode include:
Check your mailbox in late March for a postcard from the U.S. Census Bureau!
Statisticians have been practicing math for years.
There are 330,000,000+ people living in the United States…and counting!
The first U.S. Census in 1790 counted about 3.9 million people
Even babies count! (The last census missed some!)
The census only happens every 10 years, so an accurate count affects a decade of representation and funding for schools, parks, roads, and more.
To find out more or to be on the show, visit www.earsnacks.org
