Part Two of this series is called “From Dial-Up to Data Democracy: How NCES Went Digital (And What Happens Next)”

Part One: “From Paper to Punch Cards: How NCES Revolutionized Education Data (1867-1990s)” When Gerald “Jerry” Malitz began his career at the National Center for Education Statistics in 1974 as a GS-5 graduate student, data collection meant mailing paper forms to schools across America and manually recording responses on punch cards. By the time he…