2025 has been tumultuous so far, to say the least. In education alone, we’ve seen millions in cancelled contracts, mass federal layoffs, and steps toward dismantling the US Department of Education (ED). It’s clear that our national education data and research infrastructure is at risk in a way it hasn’t been since it was founded more than 150 years ago.
In her latest blog post, DQC President and CEO Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger outlines how DQC is meeting this moment. She shares the priorities guiding our approach and how we plan to support leaders and advocates from across the field as they do the hard work of ensuring robust, timely access to data that enables people to make education and workforce decisions
This blog unpacks our plans to:
- Work with the Data Champions Collaborative (DCC) to continue advocating for federal-level solutions and generate policy-oriented goals for state data systems;
- Leverage our brand new State Data Leaders Network to listen to state leaders, support them with technical assistance, and connect them directly to DCC policy partners to ensure that information services continue to meet demand and align with policy goals;
- Bring together our decade-old privacy leaders advisory group to share, collaborate, and learn; and
- Work through the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on the American Workforce to ensure that state data systems are front and center to any federal policy solution.
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