When Steve Smith took the job of CIO at Cambridge Public Schools in Massachusetts, little did he know that he would become a trailblazer. In the 27 years he has spent ...

As conversations swirl about how to improve higher education’s return on investment for students and taxpayers, those discussions often return to an issue that has vexed advocates and ...

Educators generate and collect student Individualized Education Program (IEP) data daily. Because of the number of stakeholders involved in the IEP development and implementation, student data sets ...

While artificial intelligence has long supported higher education research initiatives, it’s now expanding into areas that touch student data. Examples include face recognition in surveillance cameras ...

Accessing a range of data can give leaders a broad understanding of issues affecting the student body, and what to do about ...

In the year 2025, no one should have to be convinced that protecting data privacy matters. For education institutions, it’s really that simple of a priority–and that complicated. Despite the passage ...

Each school year, one important task on a principal’s plate is to review student-achievement data to identify trends and adjust goals. However, several common misinterpretations and misuse of such ...

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