Meeting Secondary Data Needs through an Open Data Internship: The Core10 Data Collection

Abstract

Data literacy has emerged as a critical topic in education and research within the past
decade.1 Basic data skills are taught at precollegiate levels to prepare students for
increasing data needs, even outside of computer science and mathematics classrooms.2
Despite teaching these skills earlier than ever before to meet increasing demand, evidence
shows the US educational system is not meeting the demands of the data age.3
This isn’t a single point of failure. Accelerating data education to meet demand is easier
said than done. There are significant