Pivoting the Paradigm: Leveraging Spreadsheets for K–12 Data Science Success

In K–12 education, spreadsheets often get a reputation as rudimentary tools—adequate for gradebooks or simple lists, but unfit for “real” data science. Yet the latest research (Tirschwell & Horton, 2025) makes a compelling case that spreadsheets are uniquely positioned to democratize data analysis in schools. Because virtually every student and...