EdSurge

Is Data Science the New Coding?

There’s been a big push in recent years to get students coding. Before that, the big skill was learning to use word processing software. And before that, typing. Now there’s a movement to bring the ...
The Bulletin

Data science v algebra II: Educators debate what math classes high school students need

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...
The Hechinger Report

Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...
The Daily Californian

UC Berkeley pilots data science class

From the backlogs of history books to the latest Yak, the world is full of data, and for those who can read the patterns, possibilities for analyzing human behavior abound. UC Berkeley is piloting a ...
KQED

Could Data Science Diversify the STEM Field? Why Courses Designed This Century Feel so Relevant to All Students

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...
EdSurge

How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

This is the first part of a two-part story about changing classroom culture. Read part two to learn what change this teacher made to help students value growth over grades. Over winter break in 2015, ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

From the Stadium to the Classroom

Evan Boyd will teach his first MLDS class in text analytics after building a career turning data output from sports into useful analysis and predictions. Evan Boyd is lead data scientist at Stats ...
Yahoo

UC Berkeley spreads the gospel of data science with new college, free curriculum

They comb through troves of legal records and video evidence to challenge wrongful convictions. They organize medical data to help personalize health treatments for better care. They scrutinize school ...
University of Delaware

SWUFE-UD Institute of Data Science honors first graduating class

Students at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China, proudly become UD alumni On June 19, 166 students at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu ...
Los Angeles Times

UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college

Briana Hampton, a San Gabriel High School junior, is determined to get into a four-year university to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker or psychiatrist. But she feared she would fail a ...
Booth School of Business

The Data-Driven Classroom

The history of Chicago Booth is one of pioneering insights that have transformed the practice of business—and even the way we live. From the revolutionary ideas about finance from Nobel laureate ...