In the predictive analytics space, there is always talk about secret sauce. The roots of it make sense to me. Think about the financial industry…if you built a model that could predict future trends in stock prices, you’d probably want to keep that a secret. In the education space, though, the logic starts to break down. First of all, education is a highly collaborative space and it represents a social good. Keeping a valuable secret that might help students succeed is antithetical to the nature of education. Second, education is a complex ecosystem of people, processes, policies, content, etc. I would have strong doubts about anyone who claimed to have a formula that worked for a wide variety of institutions. Third, I think it creates an element of distrust. Having recently switched from the institution side to the vendor side, I’m keenly aware of the delicate balance in the…