Local First Education Data Framework
Local First Education Data Analytics for school admins
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Own Your Educational Data. Building a data-first foundation for California public schools ā local infrastructure, interoperable pipelines, and FERPA-aligned analytics that stay under your control.
We help K-12 school districts break free from vendor lock-in with open-source, local-first data infrastructure. Our work spans:
| Technology | Role |
|---|---|
| DuckDB | In-process analytical engine ā sub-10ms queries |
| Polars | Fast DataFrame library for ETL workloads |
| Apache Arrow | Columnar format for zero-copy data sharing |
| dbt | Data transformation and lineage |
We publish models, datasets, and Spaces focused on educational data use cases ā text classification for student support, entity recognition for administrative workflows, and open datasets for equity analytics. Everything we share here is built to be practical, reproducible, and aligned with our mission of data sovereignty.
Frank Lucido ā 20+ years in educational technology, spanning IT leadership for nonprofits, public schools, and global education initiatives. Previously VP of IT at Making Waves Academy and Technology Advisory Board Member at Room to Read.
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