For one week at Harvard University, engage in candid conversations about your strategic goals and analytic challenges, strengthen your technical skillset, and make plans for data-informed progress in your organization.
SDP Institute for Leadership in Analytics
July 2020
Network with Data Leaders
Plan your Strategic Analytic Initiatives
Consult with our Faculty and Experts
Discuss Rigorous Education Research
What You'll Learn
Our SDP Institute for Leadership in Analytics provides a unique opportunity for data leaders to reflect on their organization's data use, formulate future plans, and gain practical insights into important topics in education research. The Institute provides an immersive, hands-on learning environment and meaningful opportunities to connect with an extraordinary peer group of data-driven colleagues.
Institute Objectives
- Assess the current state of your school system or organization, identifying goals for future analytic projects
- Learn how to communicate data effectively with internal and external stakeholders to implement change that makes a meaningful difference for students
- Develop technical skills to complete either college-going or human capital anlayses that can be applied in your own context
- Identify useful approaches to visualizing information and sharing your data with policymakers and practitioners
Featured Faculty
Richard Murnane
Richard Murnane
William Foss Thompson Research Professor
Richard Murnane is the William Foss Thompson Research Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Professor Murnane returns each year to teach Program Evaluation to Institute participants. Along with John Willett, Professor Murnane wrote the book on causal methods in education research. Methods Matter provides a clear and concise guide for evaluating causal impacts of educational interventions. Murnane's research includes investigating how the growth in family income inequality in the U.S. has affected educational opportunities for children from low-income families and the effectiveness of strategies for improving life chances for these children.