Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (www.msdf.org) is dedicated to improving the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world. With offices in Austin, TX and New Delhi, India, and Cape Town, South Africa, the Dell family foundation funds programs that foster high-quality public education and childhood health, and improve the economic stability of families living in poverty. The foundation has committed more than $1 billion (as of January 1, 2014) to global children’s issues and community initiatives to date.

Episodes

Data interoperability: How Boston Public Schools is breaking down barriers

July 24, 2019 • 2 mins
When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Bryce Avery from Boston Public Schools shares more about the district’s journey towards data interoperability, and its plans to develop a future data governance.
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Data interoperability: How Uncommon Schools is breaking down barriers

May 29, 2019 • 2 mins
When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Laura Ginsberg from Uncommon Schools share more about the charter management organization’s road to a data standard, and how interoperability will support its mission to addressing student needs on an ongoing basis.
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Data interoperability: How Uncommon Schools is breaking down barriers

May 29, 2019 • 2 mins
When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Darren Skott from Uncommon Schools share more about the charter management organization’s road to a data standard, and how interoperability will support its mission to addressing student needs on an ongoing basis.
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Data interoperability: How Metro Nashville Public Schools are breaking down barriers

May 22, 2019 • 2 mins
When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Lance Lott from Metro Nashville Public Schools shares more about the district’s current data setup, and how using a data standard will allow its educators to get more accurate information in the right places, at the right times.
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Data interoperability: How Spring Branch ISD is breaking down barriers

March 19, 2019 • 2 mins
When teachers, students, and parents have real-time access to information about student learning, students are more likely to succeed. Christina Masick of Spring Branch ISD shares more about how their district is aiming to deliver real-time information to teachers and students to help each student “to and through” the post-secondary experience that is right for them.
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Data interoperability: How Achievement First is breaking down barriers

February 8, 2019 • 2 mins
When teachers have real-time access to information about student learning, they can help students succeed. Breanna Porter of Achievement First shares more about how their district is taking steps to tackle their data interoperability challenges, so they can deliver real-time information to teachers to help each student achieve more.
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Formative assessment: Our journey to understanding how students know

January 16, 2018 • 2 mins
Students need to know how they are doing and teachers need to know how to move learning forward. That is the gist of formative assessment practice. Cheryl Neihaus, Program Manager for Data Driven Education, shares a new project that aims to identify, scale and share successful approaches to improve formative assessment practice in classrooms.
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529 plans for scholarship funds: Thinking outside the financial aid box

January 2, 2018 • 3 mins
If you work in the scholarship field, you're probably familiar with the complexity of financial aid. Some common challenges aren't issues with 529 plans. Kevin Byrne, Managing Director of US Programs, explains.
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College completion: A conversation with two Dell Scholars

November 10, 2017 • 14 mins
Getting to college is one thing, finishing is another. In this episode, we speak with two first-generation college students about what it takes to succeed in college, and the impact of a degree on their personal lives and professional aspirations. More at https://impact.msdf.org/completion SHOW MORE
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University completion: A conversation with three Dell Young Leaders

November 2, 2017 • 14 mins
For many low-income students in South Africa, completing university means breaking a cycle of poverty. In this episode, we sit down with three young graduates to hear about the impact of their degrees not only on their own lives, but on the future of their communities.
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Data interoperability in K-12: A teacher's pespective

October 19, 2017 • 7 mins
Brett Emerson, a reading and science teacher at Shelby County Schools, discusses the benefits of data interoperability in the classroom from a teacher's point of view. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enabl...
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Risk-taking and creating lasting social impact with iMerit

September 18, 2017 • 32 mins
In this podcast episode, you’ll hear about the work of our partners at iMerit. Founder and CEO Radha Basu is someone who has consistently and persistently pushed the boundaries of traditional risk to realize her vision of empowering young marginalized Indians to work in digital jobs. We sat down with Radha and Zarin Fatma, a senior technical associate at iMerit, and spoke about the incredible impact iMerit has had on their lives an...
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Investing In People: Fostering Relationships for Social Impact

August 9, 2017 • 31 mins
Can collaboration among unlikely partners amplify impact? We sat down with Carmen Llanes Pulido, Executive Director of Go Austin! Vamos Austin!, and Frances Acuna, a community health worker and resident of Dove Springs, to find out about how giving residents the power to take the future of their neighborhoods into their own hands created a lasting impact on two urban communities in Austin, Texas.
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Education data privacy and interoperability go hand in hand

April 24, 2017 • 7 mins
Rachel Anderson, Associate Director of Federal Policy and Advocacy at Data Quality Campaign (DQC), discusses the value of data interoperabilty for school districts and how it enhances student data privacy protection. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is layin...
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Education data at work in K-12

April 17, 2017 • 6 mins
Josh Klein, the Chief Information Officer at Portland Public Schools, discusses the benefits of data interoperablity in the classroom. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enable great classroom instruction. W...
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Education data interoperability: Supporting teachers in the classroom

March 29, 2017 • 6 mins
Steve Midgley, founder and managing director of Learning Tapestry, discusses the Data Flow project and the benefits of data interoperability for teachers and students. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enabl...
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Data interoperability in K-12: Why it matters

March 6, 2017 • 7 mins
Bill Fitzgerald, the Director of the Privacy Evaluation Initiative at Common Sense Media, discusses the intersection of data interoperability and student data protection. This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping en...
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Data interoperability: The end of the human API featuring Erin Mote

March 1, 2017 • 9 mins
Erin Mote, the co-founder of Brooklyn LAB, discusses the role data interoperability plays in a personalized learning model This audio interview is part of series about interoperability: the seamless, secure, and controlled exchange of data between applications. In this series, we will highlight the ways that data interoperability is laying the foundation for innovation and helping enable great classroom instruction. We will also ...
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Joe Siedlecki's welcome

November 20, 2015 • 1 min
Joe Siedlecki Program & Policy Officer, US Education
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KIPP and New Schools for New Orleans encourage collaboration in education

July 28, 2015 • 17 mins
Today we are talking to Maggie Runyan-Shefa, CO-CEO at New Schools for New Orleans and Todd Purvis, Chief Academic Officer, KIPP New Orleans who will be speaking to their model and how they using personalizing learning for their students.
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