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10 New Tools for Talking about Education Data with Anyone
Getting the words right is paramount to getting the work right.Communicating about your policy goals is a vitally important—but often overlooked—part of implementation. From governors to school board...
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Lighting a Candle for Data Is Not Enough
We can’t just light a candle, intone platitudes about “using data,” and pray for the best. Belief in the power of data is good, but blind faith is insufficient. A belief in data without taking action...
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Communicating the College- and Career-Ready Agenda
This is a guest post by Kate Blosveren, associate director of strategic initiatives at Achieve.There is no question that the phrase communicate early and often is overused, but that’s only because it’s...
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Top Nine Tips for Communicating Education
On February 19, DQC hosted "The Power of Communication," a discussion of communications challenges and success. The webinar supported the release of DQC’s Communication Toolkit, language and tools to...
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Principals Say Data Use Is the Most Important Professional Skill
Last month MetLife released the results of its 29th annual Survey of the American Teacher, based on telephone interviews with 500 principals and 1,000 K–12 public school teachers. Both principals and...
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Communicating the Data Message: Teacher Effectiveness
This post, by DQC's Brennan McMahon, was originally posted on the SCORE Sheet in February 2013.Sometimes talking about the data implications of education policy can be tricky. In fact, I’ll be honest,...
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The Business of Data in Education
As an MBA student I’ve been indoctrinated in the value and wonder of data. To graduate I am required to take courses on how to collect, interpret, and evaluate data because, as I’ve been taught, no...
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My Brother’s Keeper: Using Data to Help Young People Stay on Track
Marc Chen is a DQC summer intern.Three months have passed since the introduction of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative (MBK) to address the opportunity gaps faced by young men of color....
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Reporters: Don't Be Data-Driven, Be Story-Driven
When it comes to effectively using education data in journalism, knowing what to look for and where is essential. Education data and research can spark new story ideas and bring seemingly unrelated...
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School Systems Are Not Creating the Proverbial “Permanent Record”
Today, DQC releases a brief developed in collaboration with education and privacy experts and practitioners that distills important facts about student data collection, access, and storage, and...
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