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Strategic Data Project Convening 2026

Marguerite Lukes

Internationals Network for Public Schools

Director of Research

https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/marguerite-lukes

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About me

I am Director of Research and Innovation at Internationals Network for Public Schools, the only US-based national network of public schools designing innovative educational programs for immigrant youth. Talk to me about program evaluation and research related to immigration, displaced youth, teacher well-being, school design, language policy and multilingualism.

3:00pm EDT

Pre-Convening Early Registration & Check-In Lobby Level, Hyatt Regency Boston / Cambridge Hotel

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

9:00am EDT

Welcome to SDP Convening 2026: Proof Positive Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelMiriam Greenberg

9:15am EDT

Airplane Mode: The Evidence Behind Cell Phone Bans Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelJustin Reich • Stephanie Downey Toledo • David Figlio • Eric Mackey

10:45am EDT

When Data Systems Are Asked to Do More Than They Were Built For: Lessons from Emergency Response Central Square, Lobby LevelChristopher Ozuna

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

1:15pm EDT

Finish What We Start: A Case Study on Momentum, Transfer, and Completion Kendall Square, Lobby LevelZong Her • Marco Torrez-Miranda

2:45pm EDT

Capstones + Coffee: Fellows' Impact Mt. Auburn (14th Floor) & Charles View (16th Floor)MSI Cohort 1 Fellows • SDP Cohort 16 Fellows

4:30pm EDT

Meeting the Moment: The Evidence We Have and Need to Address the Education Challenges of Today Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelMatthew Kraft

5:45pm EDT

Conference Reception Riverside Pavilion, Lobby Level

8:30pm EDT

After-Dinner Connections Paperback Tavern, Level 2, Hyatt Regency Boston / Cambridge HotelChristopher Leake • Nasaa Enkhbold

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

9:00am EDT

Finding Truth in the Noise: Data, Assessment, and Positive Progress in an AI World Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

10:15am EDT

Coffee + Connections Networking Break Lobby Level, Hyatt Regency Boston / Cambridge HotelMegan Schoor • Ashley Pierson

10:45am EDT

Positive Program Review Through Shared Goals and Accessible Data Kendall Square, Lobby LevelWyl McCully

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby Level

1:15pm EDT

(Networking) How can you create and sustain a culture of evidence and inquiry in your organization? Porter Square, Lobby LevelCara Jackson • Matthew Duque

2:45pm EDT

Proving and Improving in Low-Maturity Data Environments Harvard Square, Lobby LevelVal Melikhova • Liam Honigsberg • Gershwin Penn

4:15pm EDT

Brighter Pathways: Connecting High School, College, and the Growing Promise of Two-Year Institutions Amesbury Ballroom, Lobby LevelRebecca Marshall • Shaun Dougherty