Business Intelligence


Tips for Getting Your Technology Projects Funded

With the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Enhancing Education Through Technology Initiative (Ed Tech), the application and administration of federally funded programs has and continues to change.

Making the Switch to Open Source Software

During the 2001-2002 school year I was struck with the reality that our computer lab would not meet the demands of our school for another year.

Successful Strategies for Saving & Securing Technology Funding

The greatest change in schools in the last two decades, without a doubt, has been the onset of technology within districts and campuses.

Dissecting a Network-Based Education System

The methods used to design the Alabama Learning Exchange can be replicated to create your own efficient, cost-effective, network-based education systems.

Classrooms With Wi-Fi

Wi-fi technologies will soon permeate classrooms in schools and colleges just as they have started to enter business conference rooms.

The NEW DIGITAL CAMPUS

Higher education decision makers are faced with a question that has serious organizational and monetary implications...

The Litany

tire of hearing the same litany: "Teachers must be facilitators of learning; students must be allowed to progress at individual rates of learning; all students can learn; technology can transform student learning; students should be responsible for their own learning; students should be engaged in active learning; no child will be left behind; etc."

IT in a Time of Budget Cuts How School Funding Will Affect the Quality of Education

States are in the worst financial situation in 50 years. Collectively, they are running budget deficits in the range of $50 billion.

New Beginnings

Inform 4.2 Adds Academic Intervention Plan

Pearson School Systems has released an update to Pearson Inform, a data analysis tool for K-12 schools. The new release, Inform 4.2, adds a new Academic Intervention Plan feature for planning individualize and group instruction.

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Case Study: Data Warehousing at Hillsborough County Public Schools

One of the country's largest school districts has found great success in managing student records through a customized data warehousing, reporting, and analytics package. Teachers and administrators are extremely pleased with the tool, which helps them track the large and often transient student populations they serve in rapidly growing Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Northern CA District To Upgrade Student Data Management

Santa Cruz City Schools in Northern California is replacing its student information system (SIS) with Infinite Campus in a deployment that's expected to be completed in early 2009.

Kansas District Uses Statistical Data To Improve Standardized Test Scores

Blue Valley School District of Johnson County, KS is successfully using statistical analysis software to foster dramatic improvements in student standardized test scores from the diagnostics at the beginning of the school year to the state exams at the end.

The New HP

Pentaho's BI Platform Released Under GPL

Pentaho, a maker of open business intelligence (BI) software, is moving away from the Mozilla Public License for its BI product. The company announced this month that Version 2 alpha, as well as subsequent versions of its Pentaho BI platform, will be released under the GNU GPL Version 2 license.

Information Technology Trends

IT Budgets, Spending Set for Rebound as CIOs Realign Priorities

Worldwide IT spending and IT department budgets across public and private sectors are set to make something of a comeback following 2009's drastic declines. Further, all major segments in IT are expected to see positive growth in 2010, according to two separate reports released this week by market research firm Gartner Inc.

A Fresh Start

Kentucky DOE Taps BI Firm for NCLB Compliance

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has awarded a contract to Claraview Inc., a business intelligence consultancy based in Reston, VA. According to the terms of the deal, Claraview will supply BI services to help improve student learning and help KDE in its efforts to comply with NCLB.

North Carolina District Adopts Data-Driven Approach to Instruction

Administrators at Iredell-Statesville Schools in North Carolina have adopted Follett Software's TetraData DASH, an analytics and communications tool.

Bolstering a University’s Campus Security

How one of Ohio’s lowest-performing elementary schools raised its third-grade reading test scores by a whopping 124 percent.

IBM To Nab BI Tech Firm Cognos

IBM said this week it's entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cognos, a firm that provides business intelligence technologies to K-12 and higher education and other sectors. The deal is still dependent on shareholder and regulatory approval and other conditions but is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008 and is valued at about $5 billion.

Road Warriors on Trojan Horses

A head-to-head look at how 13 antivirus solutions stack up.

VA District Overhauls Administrative Systems

Fairfax County, VA, has selected a package of solutions provided by SAP to streamline the administrative responsibilities of its county government and public school system.

Colorado District Overhauls Administration with New ERP Deployment

Cherry Creek School District in Colorado is revamping its administrations and replacing legacy systems with new enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools for finance, purchasing, and human resources management.

Akron Public Schools Turns to ERP To Improve Business Operations

Akron Public Schools (APS) of Akron, OH, is deploying the Munis enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution from Tyler Technologies.

Largest SC District Deploys Enterprise Resource Management Systems

Greenville County Schools in Greenville, SC has chosen the enterprise software from St. Paul-based Lawson Software to streamline its administrative functions and financial data management.

Moodlerooms and Datatel Combine Open Source LMS with ERP

Moodlerooms and Datatel have teamed to integrate learning management functionality with enterprise resource planning (ERP). The integration combines Moodlerooms' learning management "platform" with Datatel's Colleague ERP system to give institutions a more complete view of their students.

Biweekly Ed Tech Poll

Do you believe there is too little expertise in technology decisions that impact teaching and learning?