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Seeking Data Scientists to Help Us Understand IES Research Investments |
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) seeks help compiling and doing some exploratory analyses of some data we have and could use people with data science, data mining, or computer science backgrounds. |
Education Department |
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ED-USA-4 |
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Coding, Data analysis, Data visualization, Research |
The federal government and others are working to ensure that the public has access to science and research. We here at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the non-partisan research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, could use your help in this mission.
IES funds innovative research and development and wants to ensure that students, families, teachers, and policymakers can find and use the knowledge our grantees and contractors are producing. We need help compiling and doing some exploratory analyses of some data we have and could use people with data science, data mining, or computer science backgrounds.
IES staff have been tagging information about various research projects, but we do not currently have support to use these tags to find trends, possible errors, and other relevant patterns. If we had help with this light data work, we could identify clusters of research projects that could inform education policy or practice or gaps in our data that we could address to be better prepared to answer congressional or public requests. If you have the ability to work with CSV files that do not contain PII, you can put your skills to good use with us.
In collaboration with an IES mentor, interns will review data the mentor provides from the database IES is compiling. This database is currently hosted in SharePoint and leverages a variety of SharePoint lists. Interns will not have access to the IES database or servers, but the mentor will provide offline copies of CSV or Excel files that the intern will be able to use.
Together, the intern and the mentor will identify the IES research questions that the data can address, and the intern will create the necessary files and output for beginning to answer the questions. Interns may also propose additional ways of exploring the data to help IES learn about its research investments.
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Ideal candidates will have an interest in using big data to answer questions that clients (in this case IES) have. They will have strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently. Interns do not need to have extensive experience with education research or theory, but those interested in these areas are encouraged to apply.
There is no particular programming language requirement. All written or verbal communication will occur in English.
Previous interns have used software such as R, Access, and Excel for this work.
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2020-05-26 14:02:36 |
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ED-USA-3
Hispanic Education Awareness
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Working with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, using your creativity and research skills, the research and communications interns will conduct research on education i... |
Spanish helpful; Analytical writing, Research, Social media management |
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Hispanic Education Awareness |
Working with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, using your creativity and research skills, the research and communications interns will conduct research on education issues affecting Hispanics as well as work on outreach materials. |
Education Department |
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ED-USA-3 |
Spanish |
Analytical writing, Research, Social media management |
The White House Initiative’s Year-round Virtual Internship Program provides current undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to intern with WHI remotely on their campus.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Collecting research and data on Latino education, institutions and communities for briefing materials;
Creating and/or updating presentations, fact sheets, one-pagers or talking points;
Providing social media updates to the WHI’s accounts as needed and;
Participating in strategic planning and staff meetings |
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United States |
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2020-06-08 11:14:17 |
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3046 |
ED-USA-2
Help Make Science Open
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Help the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) communicate better with the public by putting your writing, editing, and/or Internet research skills to use! |
Analytical writing, Editing and proofreading, Research, Social media management, Writing, Storytelling/blogging/vlogging |
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Help Make Science Open |
Help the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) communicate better with the public by putting your writing, editing, and/or Internet research skills to use! |
Education Department |
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ED-USA-2 |
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Analytical writing, Editing and proofreading, Research, Social media management, Writing, Storytelling/blogging/vlogging |
The federal government and others are working to ensure that the public has access to science and research. We here at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the non-partisan research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, could use your help in this mission.
IES funds innovative research and development and wants to ensure that students, families, teachers, and policymakers can find and use the knowledge our grantees and contractors are producing. We need help in tracking down publicly available information, updating online abstracts, and identifying trends in the research that may be informative to the public. With your help, we can open up the scientific endeavor to those who need to know the results.
A primary goal is to help update and revise the information on our website through light editing, public database searches, and other web-based activities. You can help transform our content, improve communication between researchers and the public, and ensure that everyone can benefit from science. And you may even learn something that could benefit you as a student, parent/guardian, or community member!
In collaboration with an IES mentor, interns will work to update the information on the IES website. Of particular concern to IES are the project abstracts hosted online: https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch. Interns will help update the abstracts (e.g., revising them to past tense) and conduct web searches to identify publications or other products associated with IES grant numbers. IES also encourages interns to identify themes in the research or the findings that might be of interest to the general public and to help IES staff communicate these themes through social media (e.g., tweeting, blogging). The work will require access to basic word processing tools and the Internet.
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Ideal candidates will have an interest in clear communication and a willingness to learn and adopt Plain Language Principles. They will have strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently. Interns do not need to have extensive experience with education research or theory or with scientific design, but potential interns with interest or experience in these areas are encouraged to apply. Those with technical writing, communications, library science, and related skills are also encouraged to apply.
As part of the internship, interns may need to work with Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/), ERIC (https://eric.ed.gov/), and the WWC Single Study Review engine (https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reviewedstudies#/). Interns should be prepared to learn how to work with these and potentially similar online tools.
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2020-05-26 14:09:21 |
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