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Education Agency Data Projects Honored as Part of the 2023 Strategic Data Excellence Award from Harvard’s Strategic Data Project

May 19, 2023

CHICAGO, MAY 19, 2023 — The Strategic Data Project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University announced two honorable mentions and one winner of the 2023 Strategic Data Excellence Award at their annual spring Convening in Chicago. 

The Strategic Data Project (SDP) created this award in 2021 to recognize that while strong data work is critical to successful strategy, innovation, and improvement, this work is too often taken for granted and goes uncelebrated. In May 2021, the award was first launched to honor actions taken to address the urgency of...

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The Strategic Data Project welcomes 44 fellows into its new cohort

October 17, 2022

This is the first cohort to include representation from PK12, postsecondary, and workforce education agencies and organizations.

The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, welcomed its fourteenth cohort of SDP Fellows who will spend the next two years using evidence to evaluate and improve educational practices and policies.

These 44 fellows are drawn from across the country and work at...

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Harvard’s Strategic Data Project Announces Inaugural Fellowship Addressing Postsecondary Career and Technical Education

December 7, 2020

Cambridge, MA (December 7, 2020)—The Strategic Data Project for Postsecondary Career and Technical Education (SDP-CTE), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, launches its first cohort of SDP-ECMCF fellows today. Over the next year, these talented data analysts will address pressing challenges related to student success for their organizations and add to the body of rigorous research on CTE in the higher education sector.... Read more about Harvard’s Strategic Data Project Announces Inaugural Fellowship Addressing Postsecondary Career and Technical Education

Strategic Data Project Launches 2020-2022 Cohort of Fellows for Educational Improvement 

October 13, 2020

Data and evidence leaders work together to close gaps for students and educators. 

Cambridge, Mass. (October 13, 2020)—The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, launched its twelfth cohort of SDP fellows, exemplary research and data leaders helping to transform education through the power of evidence. Through a...

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