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The 74 Interview with IES Director Mark Schneider

The 74’s Kevin Mahnken recently interviewed the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director, Mark Schneider, regarding Schneider’s vision for a new role for federal research endeavors. Schneider aims for IES to lead advancements in technologies and treatments that can positively impact student performance. Further discussion topics include education-related legislation, the importance of access and the need to improve national databases, and building a research foundation that can yield revolutionary educational tools on the level of COVID vaccines and ChatGPT. The interview can be read in full here.

2023 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) will be hosting the 2023 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, in person, from Wednesday, August 9, 2023, through Friday, August 11, 2023, in Bethesda, MD. The theme of the 2023 conference is “Managing the Data Highway.” The conference is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration closes on Friday, July 21, 2023, after which date registration will be held onsite at the meeting. More information and online registration can be found here.