In this interactive workshop, participants will hear from SEA and LEA practitioners and National Comprehensive Center partner Edunomics Lab about how they have used the National Comprehensive Center’s School Spending and Outcomes Snapshot to fuel conversations about equity and school improvement. Bring your laptop, as participants will download custom data from their own district or a district with which they’re familiar and analyze the data using a provided protocol. We will also share research-based strategies to communicate the data, and participants will have a chance to practice using these strategies.
Laura Anderson is the Associate Director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. In her role she manages research and special projects, co-leads training endeavors, and manages center operations. Previously, Laura was an Associate Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation working closely with US Program Advocacy team members on grant development, grants management and project management. She has also worked as Capital Campaign Director for Overlake Hospital managing a $15million campaign and served more than twelve years executing national fundraising campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She earned her B.A. in Communications from Washington State University.