Registration is open for the 2026 Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics, which will focus on sparking joy and discovery in statistics education amid the rise of AI.
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USCOTS 2025 Focuses on ‘Useful Models’
The conference brought together hundreds of statistics and data science educators to explore innovative teaching strategies, keynote insights on useful models, and community recognition.
Wanted: Speakers for the Dionne Price Lecture Series
The American Statistical Association invites suggestions for Dionne Price Public Lecture Series speakers. This distinguished series honors Price’s vision of statistics and data science as forces for public good, echoing her chosen theme, “One Community: Informing Decisions and Driving Discovery.”
January Issue of “JSDSE” Provides Statistics, Data Science Buffet
The Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education (JSDSE) emphasizes that “teaching for the statistics (and data science) buffet” helps advance the growth and diversity of the statistics and data science professions.
Teaching During COVID Leads April JSDSE
The onset of COVID-19 had a direct and continuing impact on the educational sector, with institutions, instructors, students, and parents scrambling to adapt to a variety of online or hybrid educational models. The April issue of the open-access Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education leads with three papers that describe approaches to teaching during the pandemic.
Conference on Teaching Statistics Planned for June; Proposals Wanted
The conference provides a welcoming and engaging (perhaps even fun) environment in which teachers can exchange ideas and motivate each other to improve their teaching of statistics.
A Date with Data: Stepping Toward Data Literacy
Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta partners with community organizations, goes to underserved communities, and leads “Date with Data” evenings. She wanted to target elementary children but invited whole families in the hope of having a conversation about data.
Count on Stats: Serving the Wider Community with Data for Good
Count on Stats is a public outreach program that “aims to enhance awareness of the importance, reliability, and trustworthiness of government statistics.”
Apply for NCTM Grant, Scholarship, or Award to Improve Math Teaching
Apply by May 1 for these grants, which range from $1,500 to $24,000 and aim to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Special Issue Focuses on Computing in Statistics Education
A special issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education addresses Nolan and Temple Lang’s paper, “Computing in the Statistics Curriculum,” which was published ten years ago in The American Statistician.