# Emily Bailard

> Emily Bailard is the co-founder and CEO of EveryDay Labs, an education company using behavioral science, attendance data and family communication to help schools reduce absenteeism. A Yale graduate and Stanford MBA, she previously worked at Bain & Company, The Bridgespan Group, IDEO, Opower and Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation. EveryDay Labs joined Schoolytics by Newsela through an acquisition announced March 4, 2026.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at EveryDay Labs, part of Schoolytics by Newsela
- **Organizations:** EveryDay Labs, Schoolytics by Newsela, Newsela, Opower, Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation, The Bridgespan Group, IDEO, Bain & Company, Brookings Institution
- **Education:** BA in Political Science, cum laude, Yale University, MBA; Siebel Scholar and Arjay Miller Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Selected as one of five Stanford MBA Class of 2009 Siebel Scholars., Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business., Captained Yale’s women’s water polo team.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Research assistant at the Brookings Institution while studying at Yale.
- **2003** — Graduated from Yale with a political science degree; began her career at Bain & Company.
- **2008** — Worked as a business factors intern at IDEO on an energy efficiency project; selected as a 2009 Siebel Scholar.
- **2009** — Earned her MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- **2014** — Director of Solutions Marketing at Opower, following work managing Asia-Pacific client implementations.
- **2015-2018** — Social Venture Practitioner at Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation.
- **2018** — Became CEO of EveryDay Labs, then a company with three full-time employees.
- **2021** — Led EveryDay Labs when it announced an $8 million Series A led by Rethink Impact.
- **2024** — Presented attendance messaging and prevention strategies to New Mexico legislators; co-authored an Education Week opinion article.
- **2026** — EveryDay Labs acquisition by Newsela announced March 4; company became part of Schoolytics by Newsela.

## Achievements

- Selected as one of five Stanford MBA Class of 2009 Siebel Scholars.
- Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Captained Yale’s women’s water polo team.
- Led EveryDay Labs from a three-person full-time team in 2018 to its 2026 acquisition by Newsela.
- At acquisition, EveryDay Labs reported serving over 4,000 schools, preventing 3.1 million absences and restoring over 1.1 billion minutes of instruction.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Newsela announced its acquisition of EveryDay Labs on March 4. Bailard was identified as EveryDay Labs CEO in the announcement.
- **2025-06** — Published a Tangipahoa Parish School System attendance case study on the EveryDay Labs blog on June 13.
- **2024-12** — Joined a Campaign for Grade-Level Reading panel on family engagement and attendance on December 3.

## Links

- Website: https://everydaylabs.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilybailard

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Last updated: 2026-10-07