Illuminations and Insights

This past school year brought a defining question to the forefront of K-12 education: How can we harness the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in ways that are responsible, equitable, and useful to education leaders, students, and their families? We asked five leaders from across Education Analytics to reflect on what they observed working alongside our partners, and what that could mean for the path ahead. In this blog, they share key takeaways from the 2025-26 school year.

This year has seen remarkable advancements in educational technology poised to change teaching, learning, and research in education. In this blog post, we gather insights from five leaders at Education Analytics who have experienced these changes alongside our educational partners. From emerging trends in data use to how educators are making use of data in their classrooms, these leaders share their perspectives on the most influential developments in education.

At Education Analytics, we’ve seen firsthand the advantages given to the education field when we can connect data systems, like attendance, assessment, lunch programs, and more together through Ed-Fi. Whether you are just starting your exploration of how Ed-Fi can benefit your work, or you’re established in the process, here are five Ed-Fi vocabulary terms to know and share: Interoperability, Education Agency, Source System, Student Information System, and Data Warehouse.

The 2022-23 school year marked the first academic year when most students were back in school full time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the challenge of educating the 49.5 million students in the public education system, educators, parents, families, and those who support them continue to learn about how the pandemic has changed the education landscape. We asked six leaders from across Education Analytics to reflect on the lessons they’ve learned from the past school year. In this blog, we share their thoughts about the ever-evolving landscape of digital tools, teaching methods, and innovations in the post-pandemic era of K-12 education.

Enable Data Union (EDU) is our open framework for analytics and data warehousing based on the Ed-Fi data standard. We are excited to be publicly releasing code and documentation for EDU at www.enabledataunion.org. In this article, we explain our reasoning for choosing to release this code under the PolyForm Noncommercial License. This license allows for noncommercial use, including any use by education agencies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.

Enable Data Union (EDU) is open software for an Ed-Fi data warehouse solution and a community we are developing to share ideas, experiences, and code among education agencies. Stadium is a hosted version of this product provided by Education Analytics. In this blog, we highlight why this solution is needed, describe our philosophy around its development, and provide details on the EDU and Stadium products.