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Two and a half uses for student addresses

Two and a half uses for student addresses

Student addresses are an interesting, and largely untapped, data point. They’re mostly seen as something that a school district's transportation department needs for creating bus routes...and that’s pretty much it. But there are a handful of cases I can think of where addresses provide us

By Eric Ekholm 24 Jan 2025
Is your data worth its cost?

Is your data worth its cost?

Back in high school, I ran track and cross country. Every Sunday, my teammates and I would meet somewhere to do our long runs, which typically ranged anywhere from 6 to 15 miles, depending on where we were in our training cycle.  I grew up in Northern Virginia, which, despite

By Eric Ekholm 17 Jan 2025
Updating beliefs via Bayes' Rule

Updating beliefs via Bayes' Rule

We talk a lot in education about “using data,” and my general take is that the phrase “using data” doesn’t actually mean anything. But, if we want to be gracious and ignore all of the vagaries that come along with that phrase, then I think that “applying Bayes’ Rule”

By Eric Ekholm 10 Jan 2025
Stuffed Animals and Too Much Data

Stuffed Animals and Too Much Data

I have a 4-year-old daughter who owns a truly staggering number of stuffed animals, which she calls “stuffies.” Probably literally 60 or so. She sleeps in a full-sized bed, and if she puts all of her stuffies on her bed – some of which are bigger than her

By Eric Ekholm 03 Jan 2025
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