Illuminations and Insights

Meet Grayce Payne, Education Analytics' (EA) talented Marketing Coordinator, in the latest installment of our Day in the Life series! In this blog, Grayce shares insights into her role on the Brand & Communications team, her journey from intern to full-time team member, and her key contributions—like shaping EA's conference strategy and much more.

Get to know Research Analyst I Carly Benson in the latest blog for our day in the life series. In this blog, Carly discusses her role on the Analyst team, her experience transitioning from intern to full-time employee, her involvement in the San Antonio growth modeling project, and more!

Six years ago, the Indiana University School of Education, alongside 10 Indiana school districts, established the INsite Consortium to improve data access for educators by implementing the Ed-Fi data standard. By 2020, with Ed-Fi operational, the focus shifted to ensuring the consortium's sustainability amid evolving technology and the pandemic. In this blog, Dr. Molly Stewart, former Director of INsite, describes how INsite decided to transition to Education Analytics (EA) after recognizing the limitations of managing the consortium from a small university office. The move to EA enabled INsite to have access to advanced tools and broad support across states. As this transition wraps up, the Indiana team is looking forward to professional development and new collaborative opportunities to further provide support Ed-Fi implementation in Indiana.

Every summer, EA is fortunate enough 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 2024 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.

Get to know Cloud Engineer III Megan Nash in the latest blog for our day in the life series. In this blog, Megan discusses her role on the Cloud Engineering team, her involvement in the development of StartingBlocks, what drew her to want to work at EA, and more.

Get to know Program Operations Manager Kale Mabin in the latest blog for our day in the life series. In this blog, Kale discusses their role on the Program Operations team, their involvement in building and supporting program and project management tools, what interested them in working at EA, and more.