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The Strategic Data Project Welcomes 23 Fellows into Cohort 18 of the SDP Fellowship, Includes States Leading States Partners

October 26, 2026

October 26, 2026—The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, welcomed its eighteenth cohort of SDP Fellows, who will spend the next two years using evidence to evaluate and...

Op-Ed: Schools Must Do the Hard Work If High-Dosage Tutoring Is to Help Every Student

May 27, 2026

Shannon Coulter, SDP Fellowship Alumnus, receives Strategic Data Impact Award

May 05, 2026

CAMBRIDGE, May 14, 2026—The Strategic Data Project (SDP) at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University announced Shannon Coulter of the San Diego County Office of Education as the winner of the 2026 Strategic Data Impact Award. The...

SDP and NSWERS Announce Inaugural Cohort of the Nebraska Strategic Data Leadership Network

April 10, 2026

April 14, 2026 – Cambridge, MA – The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System (NSWERS), is pleased...

The Harvard Strategic Data Project Partners with Nebraska to Launch Statewide Data Leadership Fellowship

December 05, 2025

December 2025 — Cambridge, MA – The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Education Reporting System (NSWERS), is proud to...

The Strategic Data Project Welcomes 35 Fellows into Cohort 17 of the SDP Fellowship, Includes Second Tutoring Working Group

October 24, 2025

October 26, 2025—The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, welcomed its seventeenth cohort of SDP Fellows, who will spend the next two years using evidence to evaluate and...

The Strategic Data Project Releases High-Dosage Tutoring Implementation Toolkit Developed in Partnership with Accelerate

October 08, 2025

October 8, 2025 (Cambridge, MA) — Today the Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, and national non-profit Accelerate released the High-Dosage Tutoring Data Toolkit—a free tool...

SDP Accepts 18 Institutions into New Data Community for Minority-Serving Institutions

July 08, 2025

June 2025 — Cambridge, MA – The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, has accepted eighteen fellows across eighteen Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) to participate in the...

South Bend Community School Corporation to receive 2025 Strategic Data Excellence Award from Harvard’s Strategic Data Project 

May 08, 2025

BOSTON, May 8, 2025—The Strategic Data Project (SDP) at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University announced South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) as the winner of the 2025 Strategic Data Excellence Award. The award...

The Strategic Data Project (SDP) Launches Data Community of Practice and Fellowship Program for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs)

December 18, 2024

SDP will launch a new data community of practice and fellowship program for MSIs to advance data use to improve student outcomes across four topic areas. December 11th, 2024- The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education...

The Strategic Data Project Welcomes 46 Fellows into Cohort 16 of the SDP Fellowship, Includes First Early Education Working Group

October 21, 2024

Cohort 16 will include SDP Fellows from 41 education organizations, including school districts, state agencies, and nonprofits, with fellows using data to answer key questions about early education through postsecondary outcomes. October 21, 2024—The...

The Strategic Data Project (SDP) Announces Partnership with New York State Department of Education (NYSED) to Analyze the State’s Educator Workforce

September 27, 2024

SDP will partner with NYSED to answer the most pressing questions about the state’s educator workforce, assessing how educator preparation programs are serving the state and diagnosing patterns of inequity by geography and student characteristics...