When Congress created Workforce Pell, it didn’t just expand financial aid to short-term programs; it created an entirely new ...

Washington, D.C., is breaking down data silos with the development of its Education Through Employment Data System, designed to unify data across the workforce-to-education continuum. The initiative ...

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Months after the Education Department fired nearly all of the employees at the National Center for Education Statistics and axed $900 million in contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences, the ...

The National Center for Education Statistics is a relatively obscure federal agency, but its mission – to collect data on the state of education – affects every public school in the country. Now, this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. Data has the power to revolutionize education—but only if it ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It is often said that anything you can say about India, the opposite is equally valid. In recent years, data-driven decision-making has become a buzzword in policymaking circles across sectors in the ...

When considering industries such as finance or healthcare, the potential for sensitive data to fall into the wrong hands is a common concern. These sectors are prime targets for cybercriminals due to ...

Dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education have left a “skeletal staff” at offices that oversee research and troves of education data, putting efforts to improve schools at risk, a coalition of ...