Jared Knowles, Co-Author of Education Data Done Right
Jared Knowles - Jared is co-author of the book Education Data Done Right: Lessons from the Trenches of Applied Data Science. In this interview, Jared talks about his background and career, his early interest in education policy, founding Civilytics, writing a Ph.D. and working full time in the public sector simultaneously, early warning systems for student outcomes and recent changes in education technology and practices, standardized testing, and books.
Jared Knowles is co-author of the Leanpub book Education Data Done Right: Lessons from the Trenches of Applied Data Science. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jared about his background and career, his early interest in education policy, founding Civilytics, writing a Ph.D. and working full time in the public sector simultaneously, early warning systems for student outcomes and recent changes in education technology and practices, standardized testing, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience self-publishing, and why he and his-coauthors chose that path.
This interview was recorded on November18, 2021.
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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.