/big-data Big Data en-US 2021 (c) °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:37:39 GMT /leadership/what-superintendents-say-they-need-more-of-to-help-them-manage-districts/2022/11 98% of those surveyed said better data would make them more comfortable making decisions. Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:37:39 GMT /leadership/what-superintendents-say-they-need-more-of-to-help-them-manage-districts/2022/11 /technology/massive-shift-to-remote-learning-prompts-big-data-privacy-concerns/2020/03 An unprecedented number of online interactions between teachers and students from their respective homes introduce new privacy questions that lack easy answers. Fri, 27 Mar 2020 01:42:44 GMT /technology/massive-shift-to-remote-learning-prompts-big-data-privacy-concerns/2020/03 /leadership/quiz-yourself-what-does-census-data-tell-us-about-education-in-the-u-s/2020/02 Quiz yourself: What do census statistics reveal about school enrollment, classroom diversity, and education outcomes? Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:06:09 GMT /leadership/quiz-yourself-what-does-census-data-tell-us-about-education-in-the-u-s/2020/02 /teaching-learning/the-new-world-of-work Students may need new and different skills—such as creativity or data know how—to thrive in the emerging economy. This special report explores what some schools are doing to meet those needs and what employers want from their new hires. Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/the-new-world-of-work /teaching-learning/teaching-students-to-wrangle-big-data/2020/02 In a labor market hungry for employees who can work with data, some high schools have begun to offer a new breed of classes in data science. Wed, 05 Feb 2020 02:27:25 GMT /teaching-learning/teaching-students-to-wrangle-big-data/2020/02 /leadership/education-research-agency-looks-to-leverage-big-data-reduce-costs/2019/03 The Institute of Education Sciences has proposed new research priorities. Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:20:08 GMT /leadership/education-research-agency-looks-to-leverage-big-data-reduce-costs/2019/03 /technology/u-s-house-hearing-on-algorithms-big-data-5-takeaways-for-schools/2017/11 Massive data collection and algorithmic bias are big concerns with no easy answers, experts told the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:12:05 GMT /technology/u-s-house-hearing-on-algorithms-big-data-5-takeaways-for-schools/2017/11 /leadership/big-data-in-education-needs-better-outreach-national-report-says/2017/05 The National Academy of Education is urging researchers to talk more about data, and question more how companies get large data collections. Mon, 22 May 2017 13:00:40 GMT /leadership/big-data-in-education-needs-better-outreach-national-report-says/2017/05 /policy-politics/opinion-schools-and-the-freedom-struggle-in-an-orwellian-world/2017/03 In the age of the smart machine and Big Data, educators are called to find common ground across partisan divides in the fight for freedom against the looming dangers of an Orwellian world. The old idea of schools and colleges as social centers, or civic sites, is a resource. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:31:00 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-schools-and-the-freedom-struggle-in-an-orwellian-world/2017/03 /technology/analytics-in-k-12-schools-big-data-or-big-brother/2016/01 From classroom cameras to new personalization algorithms, tech startup AltSchool is raising new questions about educational surveillance and unregulated data science experiments. Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:30:55 GMT /technology/analytics-in-k-12-schools-big-data-or-big-brother/2016/01 /policy-politics/the-future-of-big-data-and-analytics-in-k-12-education/2016/01 Tech startup AltSchool wants to push the boundaries of classroom data collection and personalized learning. But are schools ready for the big data revolution? Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:29:13 GMT /policy-politics/the-future-of-big-data-and-analytics-in-k-12-education/2016/01 /jobs/opinion-how-big-data-can-inform-and-innovate-hr-in-k-12-education/2015/06 In today's data-rich, technology-driven world, being a "data nerd" is cool. Even Harvard Business Review noted "data scientist" as one of the sexist jobs. While BIG data is making headlines globally, if used in appropriate ways, HR data can teach us a great deal about an individual's drivers and behavior, performance, needs, and their potential. Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:48:11 GMT /jobs/opinion-how-big-data-can-inform-and-innovate-hr-in-k-12-education/2015/06 /teaching-learning/big-data-skills-not-being-taught-in-k-12-experts-say/2014/12 A new "occupational skills profile" for big-data specialists outlines the relevant knowledge that professionals say is not being provided in K-12. Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:08:43 GMT /teaching-learning/big-data-skills-not-being-taught-in-k-12-experts-say/2014/12 /technology/big-data-research-effort-faces-student-privacy-questions/2014/10 A coalition of prominent research universities is receiving federal support to redesign and scale up a massive repository for analyzing learning and behavioral data. Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:45:25 GMT /technology/big-data-research-effort-faces-student-privacy-questions/2014/10 /education/opinion-privacy-anonymity-and-big-data-in-the-social-sciences/2014/08 A recent article suggests that open science may be irreconcilable with anonymous data, requiring a reconsideration of how we protect privacy in educational data. Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:44:08 GMT /education/opinion-privacy-anonymity-and-big-data-in-the-social-sciences/2014/08 /education/opinion-big-data-mooc-research-breakthrough-learning-activities-lead-to-achievement/2014/03 By taking massive stores of data and removing most nuance and complexity, researchers examining Udacity, edX, Google Course Builder, and Khan Academy conclusively demonstrate the obvious: that effort in online courses predicts achievement. Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:14:58 GMT /education/opinion-big-data-mooc-research-breakthrough-learning-activities-lead-to-achievement/2014/03 /teaching-learning/opinion-datapalooza-how-the-federal-government-is-easing-the-college-process/2014/01 Datapalooza highlighted the strengthening bond between the federal government and new apps and websites (for profit and nonprofit alike) seeking to streamline and educate the college application process. By providing access to unique and powerful datasets through consumable APIs, the Deparment of Education is creating a framework for public-private-partnerships that can best inform the consumer known as the aspiring student. Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:55:28 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-datapalooza-how-the-federal-government-is-easing-the-college-process/2014/01 /leadership/companies-offer-big-data-tools-to-predict-teacher-candidates-impact/2013/12 Two companies have launched new algorithm-based screening tools they believe can predict the impact teacher candidates will have on student performance. Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:10:22 GMT /leadership/companies-offer-big-data-tools-to-predict-teacher-candidates-impact/2013/12 /teaching-learning/opinion-computer-programming-a-new-frontier/2013/12 Tech giants like Google and Microsoft have issued a call for global government surveillance reform, marking quite publicly that we live in a world where technological advancement has accelerated passed our cultural capacity to regulate it. Fears of spying and data ownership have negatively affected K-12, but the advancement has also created new industries for career paths, and with them the need for new educational focus areas. Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:02:05 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-computer-programming-a-new-frontier/2013/12 /technology/opinion-gates-and-murdoch-personalize-learning-with-larger-classes-and-big-data-systems/2013/04 A personalized learning environment is driven by the relationships between learners and one another, and with their teacher. That is why class size is so important. That is why it is so important to honor the knowledge, skill and culture that our students bring to school - because a respectful relationship with each student is based on our acceptance of them, and our desire to help them achieve their goals, rather than force them to meet predetermined benchmarks. Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:54:58 GMT /technology/opinion-gates-and-murdoch-personalize-learning-with-larger-classes-and-big-data-systems/2013/04 /technology/opinion-glenn-beck-takes-on-the-common-core-is-big-data-big-brother/2013/03 I have to say that as someone who grew up learning about the snooping the FBI was doing on American citizens, I am disturbed by the pervasiveness of this data collection. If you think about all the ways data is being gathered from our children, from kindergarten onward, it is not comforting to imagine this information being made available to corporations. I do not even like the idea of all that data existing, because once it is there, it can be leaked or distributed. This is one thing I may have to agree on with Glenn Beck. I do not want the government, or Rupert Murdoch's Amplify, to have access to all this data. And the only way to prevent that may be not to collect the data in the first place. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:36:20 GMT /technology/opinion-glenn-beck-takes-on-the-common-core-is-big-data-big-brother/2013/03 /leadership/opinion-small-data-and-big-data-should-be-best-friends/2013/03 A defense of methodological pluralism. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:14:46 GMT /leadership/opinion-small-data-and-big-data-should-be-best-friends/2013/03 /education/opinion-big-data-in-independent-schools-assessing-what-we-value/2013/03 I find it encouraging that there are tools to actually assess what we value--critical thinking, problem-solving, writing, engagement and curiosity--and to give us support in valuing what we assess. Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:49:00 GMT /education/opinion-big-data-in-independent-schools-assessing-what-we-value/2013/03 /education/opinion-street-bumps-big-data-and-educational-inequality/2013/03 Kate Crawford, a visiting professor at MIT's Center for Civic Media, gave a recent talk describing a scenario where using Big Data could magnify certain kinds of inequality: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:32:43 GMT /education/opinion-street-bumps-big-data-and-educational-inequality/2013/03 /policy-politics/opinion-liberating-big-data/2012/10 Apparently standards for certifications in aircraft maintenance have not been updated recently: some of them still refer to wooden airframes. That was one of the things I learned at one of the Department of Education's DC to VC events (hosted by University Ventures). Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:24:26 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-liberating-big-data/2012/10