Gender
Female
Laguna Beach, CA
Gender
Female
Location
Laguna Beach, CA
Organization
Formerly Illuminate Ed. & Saddleback Valley USD
Title / Role
Educator
Subject(s) I Teach or Learning Interest Area
Formerly taught 7th & 8th grade ELA. Primary learning interests are edtech (especially data systems), data use, and data visualization.
Personal Interests and Passions
I am passionate about improving educator data use by encouraging better practices, particularly among edtech companies and those who communicate data.
More About Me
Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin is a former award-winning teacher, school site administrator, district administrator (overseeing assessment and reporting for a 35,000-student PK-12 school district), as well as a former Chief Education & Research Officer at a data systems edtech company. She now writes about data use and improved data reporting for CCNews, EdSurge, Edukwest, EdTech Women, and eSchool News, and is entering the peer review stage in the publication of a book she has written on this presentation’s topic. Her Ph.D. in Education features a specialization in School Improvement Leadership, and she is passionate about helping practitioners and students.