How Open Data & Prescriptive Analytics Can Fix EdTech | Matt Woodruff

Are schools drowning in data but starving for actual information?In this episode, I speak with Matt Woodruff, founder of Open Education AI, about the urgent need to break down data silos in education. With over two decades in school governance and a PhD in ethical AI, Matt unpacks why the sector needs open-source, non-profit infrastructure so schools stop wasting money reinventing the wheel.We discuss the ethical tightrope of using predictive analytics to safeguard students versus accidentally labeling them, the four stages of data maturity in schools, and why jumping into every new AI tool is a lot like being a contestant on Love Island.