Resources
Materials, articles, and videos to help you in your education job.
How to Write Good Data Questions
Are you an elementary school or high school teacher, administrator, or practitioner? Put the spreadsheet away. Start with a good data question.
Dr. Stephanie Evergreen on Data Visualization in Education
If you have an education job and you’re committed to data informed decision making, you almost certainly know the name Stephanie Evergreen.
The Do It Yourself Data Presentation
For your next staff meeting or grade level meeting, try these slides.
Connect These Three Things to Make Data Practical
Are you an elementary school or high school teacher, administrator, or practitioner? No matter which education job, you’re likely asked to make data-driven decisions.
Four Things I Learned About Preparing Talks
I used to wonder how great speakers deliver stories to a packed room like they were talking to just one person. What worked for me ended up being something pretty simple.
Discovering a Niche in Your Education Job
If you feel the need to be more creative in your education job, you’re not alone. Here are four ways I’ve learned to honor my creative side at work.
Exploring Data Collection and Data-Driven Decision Making for K–12 Educators
In this video, Dr. Patti Hershfeldt and I talk about data collection and data-driven decision making in schools.
How to Present Data Without Putting People to Sleep
The first time I put someone to sleep with a data presentation was around 2002.
You Haven’t Been to a Data Workshop Like This Before
I think back to the data workshops I’ve been to and also the ones I’ve given. But somehow, the ones Julie does feel different.
Three Books That Taught Me How to Be Creative
Our education careers are as much a creative endeavor as are careers in art, architecture, or entrepreneurship.
The Chemistry of Creativity in Education Jobs
What if we started thinking about education jobs as creative careers? Here’s what researchers say.
My Work Earned a (Pretend) Pulitzer Prize
Moments of formal recognition can be few and far between. Let’s change that.
How to Measure What Matters
Data dashboards in schools are part of data-driven decision making. But they're not a complete solution for educators.
Introducing Your New Love: Professional Reading
What you’re looking for is answers. What you get is a wall of text.
Book Update (A List of Hopes)
The K–12 Educator’s Data Guidebook manuscript is done and ready for editing!
So Does Data in Schools Even Matter?
Spoiler alert: Yes it does. But it’s complicated, so let’s dig into the science of it.