Day #2 of the JET (Journal of Economics Teaching) Conference in St. Louis. Our opening keynote this AM was Mahmoud Harding with Data Science 4 Everyone (and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics). Beyond making me think, it struck me that this resonated with discussions I have had off-and-on with my math-teacher wife about the future of math education. Is calculus the ultimate destination for student progression, or should it be statistics and data analysis? No answers here - just some links so you can look (and think) for yourselves . . .

The basic information:

Info about Mahmoud - https://math.ncssm.edu/faculty-staff/mahmoud-harding

Data Science 4 Everyone's website - https://www.datascience4everyone.org/

A link to some of their previous webinar recordings - I was particularly interested in the Fall 2024 sessions on "Data in the Wild" (always like real-world examples to use with students) and "Demystifying K-5 Data Science" (always know elementary teachers looking for something besides the 3 Rs) - https://www.datascience4everyone.org/past-events-and-recordings

And then some related items from Steve Levitt (a supporter of the DS4E model):

What is the Future of Education? A 10-minute video conversation with Freakonomics’ Steve Levitt & Google Chief Technologist Ben Gomes, Apr 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7THjkQdbg

America’s Math Curriculum Doesn’t Add Up (podcast), Freakonomics Radio, Oct 2019, https://freakonomics.com/podcast/americas-math-curriculum-doesnt-add-up-ep-391/

Freakonomics author: ‘Objections to data science in K-12 education make no sense’, Fortune Magazine, Oct 2023, https://fortune.com/2023/10/13/freakonomics-author-objections-data-science-k-12-education-math-tech-steven-levitt/

One more resource NOT from Steve Levitt - got pointed to this website by our colleagues at UNL in Nebraska: https://www.youcubed.org/resource/data-literacy/