Data-Driven Education: What Is It and How Can It Drive Student Success?
Discover how data-driven education is transforming classrooms. Learn how schools use data to personalize learning, improve outcomes, and make informed decisions.
Dan Frederking
Early Warning Systems in Education: A Guide to Boosting Student Success
Learn how Early Warning Systems in education are transforming student outcomes. Explore tools, indicators, benefits, and strategies for early intervention.
How to Use a Student Perception Survey to Improve Teaching and Learning
It may sound obvious, but students are the primary stakeholders in education. It’s not the teachers, it’s not the administrators, it’s not the parents…it’s the students. They are the reason that everyone has gathered in a school building for 8…
Is This the End of the Golden Age of Education Data? How Federal Spending Cuts Could Impact Data-Driven Education
Introduction In 2002, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act was passed by the Bush Administration, marking a pivotal moment for education data in the United States. Though controversial in many ways, NCLB sparked a golden age of data-driven education…
Where Have All the Education Research Jobs Gone? How Federal Budget Cuts Are Impacting Education Research in America
Until recently, I was employed as a senior technical assistance consultant with a large education research nonprofit. My job was to take the research that was generated by my researcher-counterparts and to apply it in the field with schools, districts,…
How to Become a High School Teacher: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you’re here because you are interested in becoming a high school teacher, then you are making an incredible choice! Teaching is one of the most rewarding careers, allowing you to shape young minds and make a real difference. I…
What is Education Reform? Exploring the Ways People Want to Change Education
In my experience, I’ve never seen anyone argue that the education system is perfect as is. A system as essential and complex as education in the US will, of course, have rough edges that need to be ironed out. We…
Standards-Based Grading Explained: 5 Reasons It Can Improve Learning and 5 Reasons It Might Not
Standards-based grading (SBG) is an innovative grading system that directly measures and reports student mastery of specific learning standards, rather than providing a single cumulative grade for an entire subject. Unlike the traditional A-F grading scale, SBG focuses on assessing…
Which U.S. Secretaries of Education Actually Had Teaching Experience?
As former wrestling mogul Linda McMahon assumes office as the new U.S. Secretary of Education, many people are left wondering what qualifies her for the role. Let’s take a look at all the former Secretaries of Education and the paths…
Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?
In the United States, the demand and supply of educators has waxed and waned over time. If you ask anyone today, most people would tell you that we are currently experiencing a teacher shortage. The need for teachers to fill…
