In the digital age, nearly all college activities take place online — from interacting with student services to managing financial aid and participating in classroom engagement. As a result, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Educators, students, and families weathered historic interruptions in learning over the past few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Student achievement, predicted to slide in the ongoing chaos, ...

Effective data strategies give higher education institutions the clarity and agility they need to thrive in a changing ...

The data that can be shared with publicly-funded, privately-run charter schools can include academic histories, disability status and disciplinary records. Beyond the charter operator, the information ...

In Spring 2023, Professor Dana Willner's DATA 303, Data Visualization students used their data science skills to illustrate data shared on the Student Enrollment Trends page. The dashboards below were ...

Schools collect massive amounts of data about students: health records, grades, disciplinary actions, attendance, and more. And as schools rely more on digital tools, parents and students are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. Classrooms with the desks at a safe distance of the ...

When information-technology and higher-education leaders reunited in Philadelphia in October 2021 for the first in-person Educause conference in two years, buzzwords floated around the panel rooms: ...

Sexual misconduct allegations involving both students and teachers, children’s special education records and their vaccine histories are readily available online after the Providence, Rhode Island, ...