In K–12 school districts, there’s ample information available to support decision-making around key operational and educational concerns — if only schools could make use of it.
“School systems are swimming in valuable data that potentially could be used to support students,” says Susan Bearden, former director of digital programs for InnovateEDU, a nonprofit educational organization that is home to the data advocacy group Project Unicorn.
Too often, those who need the data can’t get to it to drive mission outcomes. “In K–12 education, data is often siloed in proprietary systems — student…