Illuminations and Insights

Each year, we attend and present at several conferences nationwide to showcase our work and our Ed-Fi-enabled product stack. These events allow us to engage with educators, administrators, district leaders, and fellow ed tech organizations, fostering collaboration and sharing insights. In 2025, we participated in more than 20 conferences. In this blog, we provide an overview of some of the key conferences we attended and presented at in 2025, including SXSW EDU, AeriesCon, CoSN, Ed-Fi Alliance Tech Congress, SCASA, EA Staff Conference, GaDOE Data Conference, and Ed-Fi Alliance Summit.

Education Analytics (EA) is officially 13! That's 13 years of growth, learning, and impact. To celebrate, we invited EA staff who join the organization in each of the past 13 years to reflect on what makes working at EA meaningful—and to share how the organization has evolved over time.

Twice a year, Education Analytics’ (EA) staff from across the country come to our office in Madison, Wisconsin, for collaborative meetings, team retreats, and skill- building. For Summer Week 2025, we hosted our first-ever EA Conference. EA staff from every team submitted proposals with ideas, product innovations, operational success stories, or knowledge they wished to socialize with the rest of the organization. The conference featured more than 20 sessions, with formats ranging from individual talks and panel discussions to demos and workshops. Curious about what we covered at the EA Conference? Dive into this blog recap for highlights from sessions and discussions.

Every summer, Education Analytics (EA) is fortunate to welcome a new cohort of interns to provide additional support and learn alongside our teams. Our organization benefits significantly from the diverse range of perspectives and insights that interns bring to EA, and we wanted to highlight the 2025 internship cohort and their accomplishments. In this blog, we invited them to share their thoughts about their internship experience at EA, what they've learned throughout their internship, and what advice they would give to future EA interns.

 Each year, we have the opportunity to attend and present at several conferences nationwide, showcasing our work and our Ed-Fi-enabled product stack. These events provide opportunities to engage with educators, administrators, district leaders, and fellow Ed Tech organizations, fostering collaboration and sharing insights. In 2024, we participated in the 20+ conferences, including SXSW EDU, AeriesCon, Ed-Fi Alliance’s Technical Congress, the Knowledge Alliance’s Fall Forum, Ed-Fi Summit, South Carolina Ed Tech, and the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual meeting. In this blog, we recap our key takeaways and lessons learned from the conferences we attended this year.

The conversation about AI in education has been dominated by the power and potential of AI to further galvanize ed tech usage and impact in classrooms. It’s time for that conversation to expand to focus on the opportunity—and the need—for staff at Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and State Education Agencies (SEAs) to embrace AI literacy. In this blog, we highlight three focus areas with action steps that agencies can take to build up their AI literacy to ensure they are well positioned to navigate and embrace AI usage within their agency.