Data Talks: A Podcast from Data in Schools
Claim This Podcastby Paul Swanson and Matthew Savage
Podcast Overview
<p>Join hosts Matthew Savage and Paul Swanson as they sit down with educators, innovators, and thought leaders from around the world to explore one big question: how do we measure what really matters in schools?</p><p></p><p>From spreadsheets to gut instincts, accountability to sense-making, fear to curiosity — Data Talks digs into the messy, complex, and deeply human side of educational data. Whether you're a data analyst, a classroom teacher, or a school leader trying to make better decisions, this is your invitation to rethink what data can be.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the podcast where data talks, and we listen.</p>
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Recent Episodes
March 19, 2026
Ep 10: A Conversation about Data for Good with Dr. Nicole Ponsford and Frances Akinde
<p>What if the data we trust to serve our children is actually failing them? </p><p></p><p>In this episode, Nic and Frances don't just challenge the way schools collect and use data — they make the case for a revolution. From baseline bias to the hidden incentives that keep marginalized students invisible, they expose how traditional data systems were never designed with every child in mind. </p><p></p><p>But this isn't a story about what's broken. It's about what happens when you decide to make some good trouble — surfacing hidden voices, handing power back to the people the data is supposed to serve, and daring to measure what actually matters. </p><p></p><p>If you've ever felt that the numbers don't tell the whole story, this conversation will change the way you think about data, inclusion, and what schools owe every child who walks through their doors.</p>
March 12, 2026
Ep 9: A Conversation about Data and Coaching with Reyna Lazarou and Jordan Benedict
<p>Data in schools is everywhere. But how often do we slow down long enough to let it actually change anything?<br /></p><p>In this episode of Data Talks, Jordan and Reyna, both instructional and learning coaches, take us into what they call "the messy middle" — that space between big-picture school goals and the day-to-day reality of classrooms. Together, they explore what it really means to be a conduit for data: translating, facilitating, and sometimes just sitting alongside teachers as they make sense of what the evidence is telling them.<br /></p><p>The conversation moves through rich territory — from the risks and rewards of giving students ownership of their own data, to the confirmation biases that shape which data we trust and which we quietly push aside. Jordan shares how a simple stopwatch transformed a music teacher's rehearsal practice, while Reyna describes the lightbulb moment when a teacher rethought how students receive feedback. Along the way, both make a compelling case for slowing down in a profession that always seems to want everything done yesterday.<br /></p><p>At its core, this is a conversation about people, not numbers. About the courage it takes to let data ask uncomfortable questions, and the relationships that make it safe enough to sit with the answers. Whether you're a coach, a teacher, or a school leader, you'll walk away rethinking what data really means — and what it could mean — in your own context.</p>
March 5, 2026
Ep 8: A Conversation about Data Stories with Priya Ramteke and Ruchi Mainali
<p>What if the way we use data in schools is actually harming the children it's meant to help?</p><p></p><p>In this episode, we sit down with school leaders Priya and Ruchi to explore the deeply human side of data in education. Starting from the big question — are we truly seeing the whole story of every child? — the conversation moves into questions of shame, identity, and what it means to see a child as more than a label.</p><p></p><p>Priya and Ruchi share candid stories from the front lines: the student whose chronic lateness turned out to mask a family crisis no one had asked about; the teacher whose eyes changed once she finally saw the full picture of a child she'd written off; and the uncomfortable truth about a culture that tells children they're not worthy of love if they're not a seven.</p><p></p><p>Together we ask: is data a label — or is it a story? And what happens when schools have the courage to find out?</p>
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- What is Data Talks: A Podcast from Data in Schools?
<p>Join hosts Matthew Savage and Paul Swanson as they sit down with educators, innovators, and thought leaders from around the world to explore one big question: how do we measure what really matters in schools?</p><p></p><p>From spreadsheets to gut instincts, accountability to sense-making, fear to curiosity — Data Talks digs into the messy, complex, and deeply human side of educational data. Whether you're a data analyst, a classroom teacher, or a school leader trying to make better decisions, this is your invitation to rethink what data can be.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the podcast where data talks, and we listen.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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