Baseball has always been a game filled with tradition. The theatrics of opening day, the ceremonial singing of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, the hallowed walls of the Baseball Hall of Fame…it’s a pastime steeped in nostalgia. There has…
Our data-driven education systems are changing. Actually, let’s be honest here: everything is changing. Over the past few years, advancements in artificial intelligence have started a technological revolution that hits every corner of our lives. In schools, we shouldn’t bury…
Mathematician Clive Humby famously said, “Data is the new oil. Like oil, data is valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used.” In the modern era, data usage is essential. From finance to healthcare to government to technology, data…
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…
Education research jobs are under attack. 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 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 (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…
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…
