Andrew Rice, CEO of the nonprofit organization Education Analytics, joins us to discuss the roles that research and technology each have to play--separately and together--in the education data/analytics environment. Andrew is trained as an economist and has unique perspectives on the ways in which different sectors can complement each other to meet the needs of K12 education. We also discuss the challenges and rewards of hiring talented, creative, and multidisciplinary people to work in the not-for-profit and/or public sector.