Illuminations and Insights
We shine a light on our partners, the work we've done across the country, and insights from our team members.
Day in the Life: Q&A with Technical Delivery Lead Shane Jay Fairbairn
Get to know Technical Delivery Lead Shane Jay Fairbairn in the latest blog for our Day in the Life series. In this blog, Shane discusses their role on the Partner Strategy team, their involvement with our Ed-Fi enabled product stack, what they find most meaningful about their work at EA, and more.
Key Takeaways from Tech Congress 2024
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.
Day in the Life: Q&A with Accountant II Kiki Moritsugu
In this blog, Accountant II Kiki Moritsugu discusses her role on the Finance team, what skills she utilizes in both her career as an accountant and as an actor/performer, what interested her in working at EA, and more.
Day in the Life: Q&A with Director of Product & Development Operations Regan Vanden Boogard
In this blog, Director of Product & Development Operations Regan Vanden Boogard discusses her role in product development work at EA, what skills she utilizes in her position, the most rewarding aspects of her position, what she does for fun outside of work, and more.
Reading the Future: AI Literacy for Local and State Education Agencies
The conversation about AI in education has been dominated by the power and potential of AI to further galvanize ed tech usage and impact in classrooms. It’s time for that conversation to expand to focus on the opportunity—and the need—for staff at Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and State Education Agencies (SEAs) to embrace AI literacy. In this blog, we highlight three focus areas with action steps that agencies can take to build up their AI literacy to ensure they are well positioned to navigate and embrace AI usage within their agency.
Five Things We Learned at SXSW EDU
From March 3 - 7, several Education Analytics’ staff had the opportunity to attend and present at SXSW EDU in Austin, TX. CEO Andrew Rice and EA Board President Richard Bowman (Chief Information and Strategy Officer at Albuquerque Public Schools) presented the session, “Data Interoperability & AI: Veggies Before Dessert.” Also in attendance at SXSW EDU was Development Strategist Ben Dederich, Director of Brand & Communications Marlena Holden, and Chief of Staff Libby Pier. In this blog, the group reflects on their time at SXSW EDU and highlights their key takeaways from the conference.