Last week, MetroTrends bloggers offered new data views and the latest research findings on some of the biggest problems facing US metros’ health, safety, schooling and employment:

• Margery Turner sums up lessons from an experimental program aimed at helping poor families move to high-opportunity neighborhoods.

• Josh Mitchell shares an interactive map showing patterns of job loss across metro America.

As always, we welcome your comments, and hope you're as excited for next week's posts as we are.