January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. This story was updated to more accurately describe the data availability issues.

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 ...

The power of any data dashboard isn't in the dashboard itself--it's in the conversations that happen around it. Data literacy ...

In today’s fluid educational landscape, school leaders and educators are confronted with increasingly complex challenges. The infusion of data analytics and the rise of generative artificial ...

Fragmented data slows down innovation and can lead to strategic misalignment between space, experience, and educational ...

For AI to reach its full potential in classrooms, it requires visionary leaders at every level, from governments to schools to EdTech companies.

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 ...

Ever wonder what the buzz around interoperability is all about? Interoperability is not just jargon; it's the key to unlocking seamless communication among different data systems, applications and ...

(TNS) — From President Donald Trump's plans to shutter the U.S. Department of Education to threats of federal funding cuts for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, people who work in K-12 ...

The Education Department wants to collect much more information about distance education courses and the students enrolled in them as part of a broader effort to increase oversight of online programs.