Upcoming Events

Getting Down to Facts III Release Webinar

Join Susanna Loeb, Professor and Faculty Director of the SCALE Initiative at Stanford University, and a team of leading researchers for the official release of Getting Down to Facts III—a landmark, independent study on California’s education system. This webinar will unpack important findings from the research, highlight the challenges facing students and schools today, and outline a forward-looking vision for building a more effective and equitable system for the future. 

Getting Down to Facts 2026 Conference: Aligning Governance, Policy, and Capacity to Support Student Success

Co-hosted by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and Stanford University’s SCALE Initiative, the Getting Down to Facts in 2026: Aligning Governance, Policy, and Capacity to Support Student Success Conference will bring together 250 state leaders, educators, researchers, and advocates to engage with new, policy-relevant research at a pivotal moment for California’s education system. What to Expect:

• Equitable access to learning opportunities
• System alignment and accountability
• Capacity building
• Resources and conditions that support student success

AI in Education Worldwide: What the Research Shows and What It Means Across Systems

To share insights from The Evidence Base on AI in K–12 report and explore what emerging research reveals about how AI tools are shaping teaching and learning globally. We plan to:

• Clarify what rigorous research currently shows about how AI tools affect student learning and instructional practice across contexts
• Highlight the global nature of the evidence base—and the limitations in applying findings across different education systems
• Explore how education leaders, researchers, and edtech developers can interpret and apply evidence in diverse international settings

Education, Research, and Artificial Intelligence: Reflections from the AEFP Community

The session will invite panelists to share how they see AI shaping research, education, and the work that we do. We are especially interested in perspectives on questions such as: How might AI change the kinds of research we conduct, how we conduct it, and how we train the next generation of scholars? What implications might these technologies have for teaching, mentoring, and the preparation of students in education policy and related fields? And more broadly, how might AI shape education systems and the policy questions our field engages with?

The Education Data Science Conference 2026

The Education Data Science Conference 2026, held at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, is a three-day forum for researchers, practitioners, and students to shape the future of education through data. We invite submissions that advance rigorous, ethical, and interdisciplinary approaches through using data in a variety of learning contexts. From classrooms to platforms, from theory to practice: Please join us to share new applications of methods, address challenges of teaching, learning, and policy, and push the boundaries of an evolving discipline in pursuit of better, more equitable educational outcomes.