Alden Burnham

Alden is currently the Director of Educational Data Strategy for Norwalk Public Schools in Connecticut. He started his career as a teacher in the Boston Public Schools before getting his MA in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology. From there, he worked in academia studying children's cognition and designing curricula to enhance learning of advanced science concepts. He was a Cohort 14 Strategic Data Project Fellow in Norwalk Public Schools, and did his capstone project on enhancing dashboard usage through collaborative dashboard design. After the fellowship, he has done research on collaborative data dashboard design and presented at conferences on the topic and has recently turned his interests towards using predictive analytics to enhance advanced course placement decisions.