Harvard Strategic Data Project

Learn more about Abigail Todhunter-Reid's journey from #SDPfellow at The School District of Palm Beach County to Consultant at Reid Education Research during our next informational webinar for prospective SDP Fellowship candidates on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00PM ET. Register here: https://ow.ly/LNyS50TzxZh. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar. Interested in advancing your career at the intersection of education research, policy, and practice? Apply now to become an #SDPfellow before the Round I application deadline which is only ONE WEEK AWAY at 9:00AM ET on Monday, November 4th: https://ow.ly/mP6n50TzxZg

Rounding out Cohort 16 #SDPfellow Orientation Week by introducing you to a few of the newest members of the SDP network! 👋 Meet Clémence Darriet... Data Analysis, Evaluation, and Visualization Fellow at the California Department of Education. 😀 Meet Jose Sotelo ... Associate, Data Strategy at the Missouri Charter Public School Association 👏 Meet Dra. Cristal Cisneros ... Senior Director of Evaluation and Impact at Denver Preschool Program 🙂 Meet Jacob Kamer ... Data Strategist at Tennessee Higher Education Commission/Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (THEC/TSAC) 🙌 Meet Ty Young ... Director, Strategic Initiatives at Jeffco Public Schools - Colorado Read the Cohort 16 press release here: https://ow.ly/5iJU50TM3Rc Want to become an #SDPfellow? Apply now to join Cohort 17! The next application deadline is fast approaching on Monday, November 4th at 9:00am ET. Learn more and apply here: https://ow.ly/s2q650TBsmy

Unique to Cohort 16 of the SDP Fellowship is our partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Child Trends to investigate the following questions: Does Pre-K supply and enrollment procedures at the community level meet family needs? Are children meeting developmental and learning milestones along the P-3 continuum? SDP Fellows from Boston Public Schools, California Department of Education, Center for Early Learning Funding Equity (CECIDS), Chicago Public Schools, DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), Denver Preschool Program, Denver Public Schools, Office of Financial Management (ERDC), South Carolina First Steps, National Head Start Association, and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, will participate in two working groups focused on analyses inspired by the STEP Forward with Data Framework, a framework written by a team at Child Trends. 💡 Read more about the SDP Early Education Working Groups here: https://ow.ly/mLYL50Ttx1a

The Strategic Data Project is excited to announce 25 new partner organizations joining Cohort 16 of the SDP Fellowship - welcome to the SDP network! ALLMemphis, Inc. Black Hills Special Services Cooperative California Student Aid Commission Center for Early Learning Funding Equity (CECIDS) Chicago State University Denver Preschool Program EL Education Hackensack Public Schools Jeffco Public Schools - Colorado Los Angeles Community College District Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care Missouri Charter Public School Association National Head Start Association Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability OnYourMark Education PBLWorks Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) Salem-Keizer Public Schools South Carolina First Steps Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership Stockton Unified School District Tennessee Higher Education Commission/Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (THEC/TSAC) Challenger Center Washoe County School District Wilmington Learning Collaborative

The Strategic Data Project is grateful to welcome back the following returning partner organizations to Cohort 16 of the SDP Fellowship! Boston Public Schools California Department of Education Chicago Public Schools Columbus City Schools - Ohio DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) Denver Public Schools Office of Financial Management (ERDC) Fresno Unified School District Fulton County Schools Madison Area Technical College Metro Nashville Public Schools Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Orange County Public Schools San Antonio ISD TalkingPoints Teaching Lab

This week marks the official kickoff for Cohort 16 of the Strategic Data Project Fellowship at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. Celebrating one of our largest cohorts to date — with 46 fellows from 41 partner organizations across the country — we are spending Orientation week learning, collaborating, and networking at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read the press release here: https://ow.ly/9QNv50TM3Mf Welcome Cohort 16! #SDPfellow

👋 Meet Calen Clifton! Closing out our series profiling the members of the 2023-2025 SDP Alumni Advisory Board is SDP Fellow Cohort 12 Alumnus, Calen Clifton. Calen was placed as an #SDPfellow at ImpactTulsa, where he developed data-informed policy recommendations to promote teacher diversity and postsecondary opportunities in the Tulsa area. Calen is now a Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. 🔗 Read our Q+A with Calen: https://ow.ly/Ku3r50TMguT 🔗 View all posts from the 2023-2025 SDP Alumni Advisory Board blog series: https://ow.ly/gkLF50TMgva

Inside this month's newsletter: 1️⃣ Hear from Cohort 14 graduating fellows about the impact of the SDP Fellowship program; 2️⃣ Learn about SDP's newest partnership; and 3️⃣ Access updates from across the SDP network. 📰 Read the newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eZqgBjkJ 📩 Subscribe to future newsletters: https://lnkd.in/gEWspHv8

Learn more about Kristin Calderone's experience as an #SDPfellow at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing during the upcoming SDP Fellowship informational webinar on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00PM ET. Register here: https://ow.ly/bZ8w50TzxRr All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar. Visit our website to learn more about the impactful work of SDP Fellows: https://ow.ly/LwU350QFq89

💻 NEW BLOG POST ALERT! Our latest blog post -- "We did it!": Cohort 14 SDP Fellow Graduation Speeches -- is now live, featuring inspiring reflections from Cohort 14 #SDPfellow alumni: Amanda Swerdlow of Fulton County Schools and Abbey Benzine of Charleston County School District. 🎓 Amanda and Abigail were chosen as the Cohort 14 graduation speakers and shared their personal reflections on the last two years as SDP Fellows and encouraged their cohort to remain connected as alumni. Dive into their powerful speeches and get inspired by the impact of our Cohort 14 SDP Fellows! 🔗 Read the blog post here: https://ow.ly/XmSU50TJYoj