Teaching Statistics vs. Data Science in Grades K-12? Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm ET Where do YOU stand? * How to define statistics education and data science education in grades K-12? Statistics or data science? * Is statistics and data science education too ambitious a goal to pursue in grades K-12, for both the students and teachers? * Has K-12 statistics and data science education been successful so far? By what measures? * Can data sense, or data acumen, be trained well at K-12 or even younger? Are there any unique challenges and benefits of developing data acumen in K-12? * Small datasets or big data for teaching and practice at this level? If you are intrigued by these questions and have an interest in how these questions might be answered - one way of the other – then this is the event for you! Want to get a sense of the thinking behind the practicality (or not) of various educational approaches? Interested in hearing both sides of the story – during the same session!? This event is hosted by NISS and will be held in a debate type of format. The participants will be given selected questions ahead of time so they have a chance to think about their responses, but this is intended to be much less of a presentation and more of a give and take between the debaters. So – let’s have fun with this! The best way to find out what happens is to register and attend! https://www.niss.org/events/statistics-debate-ii-teaching-statistics-vs-dat… Glenn Johnson Web Communications National Institute of Statistical Sciences