Giving Compass' Take:

• Education Dive reports on how data can be used to track student behaviors, allowing educators to identify those who need more attention and address potential systemic issues.

• What can nonprofits do to make sure that the culture of data is embedded within our education system? We must also make the issue of equity a priority when it comes to discipline.

• Here's why school discipline policy belongs at the local level.

Disciplinary incidents fell by 72% when schools used data analytics to monitor student behavior, as detailed by new research from Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance, which studied 70 public schools in Louisiana, according to EdTech: Focus on K-12

To conduct the study, schools were given Kickboard analytics software to track positive and negative behaviors of students, creating student profiles as teachers input the date on their smartphones or Chromebooks.

In the study, schools using the technology over a six-year period saw average suspension numbers drop, with the average number of suspension days given to students falling by 52% and graduation rates increasing 30 points to 85%.

Read the full article about how data can help rethink school discipline by Allie Gross at Education Dive.