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Building Clarity in K–12 Data: An Interview with Chris Hull of Otus

August 21, 2025

How one educator-turned-entrepreneur turned classroom frustration into a comprehensive learning platform. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Chris Hull went from …

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educLIMBER from Renaissance

June 04, 2025

eduCLIMBER provides interactive district-level to whole child data management that strengthens multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) and Response to Intervention (RTI) …

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ClassLink DataGuard

July 09, 2024

DataGuard is a ClassLink Roster Server upgrade that empowers schools to take control of the data they share with vendors. …

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Synergy Education Platform from Edupoint Educational Systems

June 29, 2024

Synergy Education Platform provides the data and insights you need, when and where you need them, to support every student …

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Unison from Edsby

June 07, 2024

Edsby’s Unison education data platform and managed service is used by states, provinces, and countries. Unison eliminates data silos and …

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Frontline Human Capital Analytics

February 29, 2024

Frontline Human Capital Analytics is among the newest additions to Frontline’s already strong performing Human Capital Management suite. The offering …

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Centralizing Data to Drive Student Outcomes with James Stoffer

December 11, 2023

Collecting it is the easy part – and there’s a ton of it – but then what? INTERVIEW | by …

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LearnPlatform District Privacy Solution

November 19, 2021

Safeguarding the privacy of students’ personally identifiable information and complying with federal and state regulations isn’t a one-person responsibility according …

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Mileposts from Silverback Learning

August 05, 2021

Mileposts was born out of a school district in the early 2000s by a local superintendent who faced the overwhelming …

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Cool Tool | Schoolrunner

May 18, 2017

This is really a school achievement engine; it empowers schools to engage administrators, teachers, students, and parents with important information around …

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Cool Tool | Silverback Learning Solutions

May 12, 2017

Their suite of products includes Mileposts and Teacher Vitae. Mileposts is a cloud-based Longitudinal Learning Portfolio which helps K-12 educators …

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Cool Tool | BrightBytes Digital Privacy, Safety & Security

May 09, 2017

Technology in education has potential to create powerful learning experiences, but simultaneous to those experiences, educators feel an overwhelming ethical …

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Cool Tool | DataSense from Authentica Solutions

April 26, 2017

DataSense is an iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) solution for building, deploying, managing, and monitoring all of the steps …

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Data: The Key to Customized Instruction

November 22, 2016

Laying the cornerstone for the development of educational improvement at every level. THOUGHT LEADERSHIP | by Eliot Levinson and Bruce …

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The Most Revolutionary Interface of All

October 20, 2016

Why dashboards are not the answer to school districts’ data needs. GUEST COLUMN | by Vikram Somasundaram Working effectively with …

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Streamlined and Strengthened

June 17, 2016

Five new best practices for securing student data. GUEST COLUMN | by Adam Eberle A vital responsibility of school districts …

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Data for Kids

May 10, 2016

Helping students succeed with timely, actionable information to those who need it most. GUEST COLUMN | by Paige Kowalski The …

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Spark in Your Data

November 20, 2015

Efficient, holistic, and actionable analytics for the entire school community. GUEST COLUMN | by Michael Williamson In America’s K-12 school districts, …