Illuminations and Insights

Vice President of Implementation & Services Silvia Brunet-Jones has more than 25 years of experience in educational technology and data systems, with career-spanning roles as a software engineer, solutions architect, researcher, and executive leader. Her work has focused on designing scalable data infrastructures, advancing interoperability through Ed-Fi, and driving strategic implementation across state agencies, school districts, and nonprofit organizations. In this blog, Silvia outlines five essential elements that create the successful implementation of educational technology within school districts and broader education systems.

Every year the Ed-Fi Alliance hosts its Technical Congress to bring together members from across the EdTech community, including data scientists, chief architects, IT application developers, software engineers, educational technology developers, and more. The goal of the Ed-Fi Alliance’s Tech Congress is to host a discussion-based forum with the community to help the Ed-Fi Data Standard and technology suite grow more usable, practical, and sophisticated to reach our shared goal of making a positive impact to assist student and classroom outcomes. Staff from across Education Analytics (EA) attended the two-day event and connected with school districts, EdTech leaders, and current and potential partner organizations. In this blog, EA staff share their key takeaways from this year's Ed-Fi Tech Congress.

Get to know Principal Researcher Michael Christian in the latest installment of our Day in the Life blog series. In this blog, Mike discusses his role and responsibilities on the Research team, his contributions to various growth projects at EA, and the skills he utilizes in his everyday work.

EA created an open-source operational data store product, StartingBlocks, driven by an intent to foster openness and shared innovation within the education system. In this blog, VP of Interoperability Solutions Rosh Dhanawade and Cloud Engineer Manager Eshara Mondal describe the development and implementation process involved in creating StartingBlocks, the challenges and successes they encountered along the way, and the conversations that led to StartingBlocks becoming open source.

Every fall, the Ed-Fi Alliance hosts its annual Ed-Fi Summit to bring together state and local education leaders, EdTech providers, educators, and technical experts who utilize data to solve education’s most pressing issues. Several of Education Analytics’ staff attended Ed-Fi Summit 2024 to connect, present, and learn. In this blog, we share some of their insights.

Every year the Ed-Fi Alliance hosts its Technical Congress to bring together individuals from across the ed tech community, including data scientists, chief architects, IT application developers, software engineers, educational technology developers, and more. This year, we had the amazing opportunity to send Education Analytics’ staff to Tech Congress to connect with school districts, ed tech leaders, and current and potential partner organizations. In this blog, EA staff share what they took away from their time at Tech Congress 2024.