Dr. Gunnar Stefansson is an applied statistician, particularly interested in models and experiments within web-assisted education but also cryptocurrencies and marine ecology. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Iceland and

Episode 12: Data Equity In the Workplace

May 19th, 2021 2h 2m

Felicia Ford is The Growth Strategist for Creatives, Leaders, and Change-Makers, a nonprofit executive director, and an Agency Fellow with the Strategic Data Project at Harvard University. She has also worked in the private agency sector develo

Episode 11: Attendance Before and after the Pandemic

Feb 23rd, 2021 41m 17s

Matthew Starr is an assistant principal at Allamanda Elementary here in the School District of Palm Beach County. Matthew recently served as a district administrator supporting the Attendance Matters initiative. He has also served as an Advance

Episode 10: KY STATS Career Explorer

Dec 14th, 2020 56m 28s

Kris Stevens is an agency fellow for Cohort 10 of the Strategic Data Project at Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research. He is currently employed with the Kentucky Center for Statistics located in Frankfort, Kentucky. He has a

Episode 9: Student Performance Index for Opportunity

Nov 18th, 2020 44m 25s

Dr. Michael Tappler is a Psychometrician at Clayton County Public Schools. His work includes the use of open-ended response items and the design and implementation of new formative assessments developed by the Georgia Department of Education. H

Episode 8: Disaggregated data and Equity

Nov 12th, 2020 20m 16s

LaCole Foots is a Strategic Data Fellow with the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. Currently, she is a data strategist with the Texas Education Agency where she uses quantitative and qualitative analysis along with a

Episode 7: Massachusetts' Early College Initiative

Oct 29th, 2020 38m 15s

Pierre Lucien, a policy analyst and a strategic data project fellow at the Massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education, joins us and talks about his data work on the Massachusetts Early College Initiative. Massachusetts' earl

Episode 6: Effective Team Communication Using Modern Day Tools

Sep 14th, 2020 24m 42s

Effective communication is an important component of educational data science. In this episode, Stevens and Michael cover various electronic communication and how they can be best utilized.

Episode 5: Organizing shared network drives. Tips and Tricks.

Aug 28th, 2020 33m 56s

In this episode, Stevens and Michael cover methods for organizing and maintaining shared network drives for a team of educational statisticians, researchers, and data scientists. Complementary tools such as version control and wiki engines are

Episode 4: Student Electronic Social & Emotional Learning Group Activity for Improving Attendance

Aug 22nd, 2020 51m 12s

Today we have our guest Colleen Carney and David Hersh:Colleen is an AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, Instructional Specialist with the School District of Palm Beach County. Colleen has previously served as an AVID Coordinator a

Episode 3: Data Science in Education Using R

Aug 14th, 2020 1h 17m

Today we have two of the authors of the upcoming book “Data Science in Education using R!” which will be available in ebook and print versions this October 2020. An open-source version is currently available at datascienceineducation.com. Ryan

Episode 2: Talking SPED data in a Human Centered Way

Jun 30th, 2020 1h 16m

Guests Ryan Estrellado and Marcus Jackson from San Diego South County Special Education Local Plan Area chat with Stevens and Michael about special education data and equity. Read about Marcus and Ryan's work online at https://equityanddesign.c

Episode 1: Equity, Cloud Computing, and Weapons of Math Destruction

May 11th, 2020 1h 11m

In this episode, Michael Ricci and Stevens Dormezil talk about the impact of theCovid-19 pandemic on school equity and digital learning. Cloud computingplatforms are discussed as a possible way of closing the equity gap and potentiallydiscrimin

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