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Education Analytics, a mission-driven non-profit that uses data and analytics to improve outcomes for students and the education system, is excited to announce that Jami O’Toole will join as the organization’s Chief of Partner Strategy in September. In her role at EA, O’Toole will shape and execute global strategy around partner management and project implementation, driving innovation within and across the organization, and fostering strong collaborations with both existing and new partners.

Education Analytics recently received an IES-funded NCER award in the form of a nearly $2 million grant. Our research team, in collaboration with many partners, will use this grant to refine and validate an open-source social emotional learning survey instrument developed by California’s CORE Districts for students in grades 4 through 12. This research will contribute to the SEL field by deepening understanding of the overall and disparate impacts of COVID-19 on social emotional skills that are critical to learning acceleration and recovery.

StartingBlocks recently earned InnovateEDU's Project Unicorn Interoperability Certification. This award is given to products that support data interoperability, or the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of usable data between applications. The certification helps school districts and educators recognize vendors with a commitment to better informing instruction and driving student-centered learning experiences by providing a clear market signal of the product's support for interoperability.

Stadium recently earned InnovateEDU's Project Unicorn Interoperability Certification, awarded to products that support data interoperability, or the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of usable data between applications. This certification helps school districts and educators recognize vendors with a commitment to better informing instruction and driving student-centered learning experiences by providing a clear market signal of the product's support for interoperability.

Since Fall 2016, NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) has collected data from their schools about student performance and well-being from before, during, and after Covid-related school closures. The data to date indicate evidence of resilience and recovery tied to a commitment to positive school culture and social-emotional learning. In this blog, Jason Atwood from NSVF highlights four insights generated in partnership with Education Analytics that educators can use to map out multiple routes to COVID recovery.

The Ed-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit organization and community of educators, technologists, and advocates solving the data challenge in education, today announced the recipients of its sixth annual Community Awards. Education Analytics' Erik Joranlien was recognized as Technical Contributor of the Year, and Education Analytics' Stadium product was recognized as Solution of the Year.