Data Savvy Teacher Podcast

We naturally want to know the cause of things, we want to know why things happen and what makes things work or not work. But determining causation is not the same as discovering correlation.  In this episode we'll talk through the differences in these two concepts and why it's important for educators to distinguish between correlation and causation.

Why is data important to educators?  Why should we consider using data to make decisions? In this introductory episode I'll present three reasons I think using data is important and lay a foundation for why learning how to use data in the classroom is important for all educators.