When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Bryce Avery from Boston Public Schools shares more about the district’s journey towards data interoperability, and its plans to develop a future data governance.

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Data interoperability: How Boston Public Schools is breaking down barriers

When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Laura Ginsberg from Uncommon Schools share more about the charter management organization’s road to a data standard, and how interoperability will support its mission to addressing student needs on an ongoing basis.

Data interoperability: How Uncommon Schools is breaking down barriers

When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Darren Skott from Uncommon Schools share more about the charter management organization’s road to a data standard, and how interoperability will support its mission to addressing student needs on an ongoing basis.

When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Lance Lott from Metro Nashville Public Schools shares more about the district’s current data setup, and how using a data standard will allow its educators to get more accurate information in the right places, at the right times.

Data interoperability: How Metro Nashville Public Schools are breaking down barriers

When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Christina Masick of Spring Branch ISD shares more about how their district is aiming to deliver real-time information to teachers and students to help each student “to and through” the post-secondary experience that is right for them.

Data interoperability: How Spring Branch ISD is breaking down barriers

When teachers have real-time access to information about student learning, they can help students succeed. Breanna Porter of Achievement First shares more about how their district is taking steps to tackle their data interoperability challenges, so they can deliver real-time information to teachers to help each student achieve more.

Data interoperability: How Achievement First is breaking down barriers

Students need to know how they are doing and teachers need to know how to move learning forward. That is the gist of formative assessment practice. Cheryl Neihaus, Program Manager for Data Driven Education, shares a new project that aims to identify, scale and share successful approaches to improve formative assessment practice in classrooms.

Formative assessment: Our journey to understanding how students know

If you work in the scholarship field, you're probably familiar with the complexity of financial aid. Some common challenges aren't issues with 529 plans. Kevin Byrne, Managing Director of US Programs, explains.

529 plans for scholarship funds: Thinking outside the financial aid box

Getting to college is one thing, finishing is another. In this episode, we speak with two first-generation college students about what it takes to succeed in college, and the impact of a degree on their personal lives and professional aspirations. More at https://impact.msdf.org/completion SHOW MORE

College completion: A conversation with two Dell Scholars

For many low-income students in South Africa, completing university means breaking a cycle of poverty. In this episode, we sit down with three young graduates to hear about the impact of their degrees not only on their own lives, but on the future of their communities.

University completion: A conversation with three Dell Young Leaders

Brett Emerson, a reading and science teacher at Shelby County Schools, discusses the benefits of data interoperability in the classroom from a teacher's point of view. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enable great classroom instruction. We will also hear from partners who are implementing solutions to overcome the lack of data interoperability today in the K-12 sector. You can find the whole series at https://www.msdf.org/blog/tag/interoperability-series/

Data interoperability in K-12: A teacher's pespective

In this podcast episode, you’ll hear about the work of our partners at iMerit. Founder and CEO Radha Basu is someone who has consistently and persistently pushed the boundaries of traditional risk to realize her vision of empowering young marginalized Indians to work in digital jobs. We sat down with Radha and Zarin Fatma, a senior technical associate at iMerit, and spoke about the incredible impact iMerit has had on their lives and communities.

Risk-taking and creating lasting social impact with iMerit

Can collaboration among unlikely partners amplify impact? We sat down with Carmen Llanes Pulido, Executive Director of Go Austin! Vamos Austin!, and Frances Acuna, a community health worker and resident of Dove Springs, to find out about how giving residents the power to take the future of their neighborhoods into their own hands created a lasting impact on two urban communities in Austin, Texas.

Investing In People: Fostering Relationships for Social Impact

Rachel Anderson, Associate Director of Federal Policy and Advocacy at Data Quality Campaign (DQC), discusses the value of data interoperabilty for school districts and how it enhances student data privacy protection. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enable great classroom instruction. We will also hear from partners who are implementing solutions to overcome the lack of data interoperability today in the K-12 sector. You can find the whole series at www.msdf.org/blog/tag/interoperability-series/

Education data privacy and interoperability go hand in hand

Josh Klein, the Chief Information Officer at Portland Public Schools, discusses the benefits of data interoperablity in the classroom. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enable great classroom instruction. We will also hear from partners who are implementing solutions to overcome the lack of data interoperability today in the K-12 sector. You can find the whole series at www.msdf.org/blog/tag/interoperability-series/

Education data at work in K-12

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (www.msdf.org) is dedicated to improving the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world. With offices in Austin, TX and New Delhi, India, and Cape Town, South Africa, the Dell family foundation funds programs that foster high-quality public education and childhood health, and improve the economic stability of families living in poverty. The foundation has committed more than $1 billion (as of January 1, 2014) to global children’s issues and community initiatives to date.

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