View this video about Data Science in Virginia to learn more about offering this course at the high school level.
Watch this Video to see how several different organizations want to be a part of this national effort working together for a call to action!
Jo Boaler, Stanford University, California
Padhu Seshaiyer & Deb Crawford, George Mason University, Virginia
Hollylynne Lee, North Carolina State University, North Carolina
Jacob Price, University of Puget Sount, Washington State
The Virginia Mathematics & Science Coalition recognized the VA Data Science Teacher Institute through its “Programs that Work” Awards for being an exemplary programs for which there is evidence of a positive impact on student or teacher learning.
December 2023, VSTE Conference, Roanoke VA
YEAR 1 PILOT COHORT - 1
YEAR 2 PILOT COHORT - 2
YEAR 3 COHORT - 3
YEAR 4 COHORT - 4
June 23-24, 2025
Keynotes: Jo Boaler, Stanford; Jay Crossler, The MITRE Corporation
2026: Reimagining Mathematics Education through Data Literacy in the age of AI, National Council for Teachers in Mathematics (New Orleans, March 2026), The Impact(s) of the Rise of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence on Education (Harvey Mudd, Feb 2026)
2025: DS4E Research to Practice Conference, National Perspectives on Supporting Data Science in K-12 (San Antonio, Feb 2025)
2024: VCTM (Williamsburg - June), SURN (W&M - Feb), AMTE (Florida - Feb), V2CTM (Feb.)
2023: CBMS (Washington - May, Dec), Columbia Univ (New York - Dec), NCTM (Washington - October), NCSM (Washington - October), White House Math Summit IES- September), NC State ASA Statistics & DS (August), Brown Univ (Providence - July), VaSCL (Feb.), VCTM (GMU - March)
2022: CBMS (Virginia - May), UVA (Charlottesville - Oct), CBMS (Washington - May, Dec), MSRI (Berkeley - March), VASCD (November), VCTM (Fall), IES (Fall)
2020: CBMS (Virginia- October)
2019: CBMS (Virginia- May)
Tina Mazzacane, Laurell Wiersma & Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
Virginia Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 48, no. 1, pp: 49 - 53
Dr. Deb Crawford (K-12 Lead), Dr. Padhu Seshaiyer (Higher Ed- Lead), Ms. Sara Barbolish, Mr. John Burket, Ms. Lisa Bussian, Dr. Heather Holcomb, Ms. Jill Keenan, Mr. Brian Thomas, Ms. Laurell Wiersma