4 things we need to realize about digital equity
COVID caused an unprecedented and massive shift to online learning, and while online learning isn't new itself, it became the primary mode of education delivery for most students.…
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11 facts about today’s K-12 IT leadership
Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders' top concerns, according to CoSN's annual IT Leadership Survey.
Talking tech: Enabling digital transformation through collaboration
There’s no question that digital transformation is dramatically shifting the education landscape. In the Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) 2019 survey, 55 percent of respondents say they have…
10 priorities for K-12 IT leaders
School districts are moving to highly digital ecosystems, and K-12 IT leaders have more and more to manage to ensure that teaching and learning can go on uninterrupted…
5 strategies to tackle the homework gap
Despite a brighter spotlight on digital equity, gaps still remain, including the troubling and persistent homework gap--but a newly-relaunched digital equity toolkit aims to highlight the important work…
3 things I learned by accident at CoSN 2019
A few themes stood out at CoSN 2019--artificial intelligence, coding, and preparing students for 2030 are three that immediately come to mind. But as I attended more sessions,…
5 edtech accelerators that are changing K-12
Five powerful edtech accelerators are influencing the skills and needs of K-12 students and educators, according to a new CoSN report released during the advocacy group’s 2019 conference. …
Here’s why AI skills will make or break students’ futures
It’s OK if you don’t know exactly what AI is--but you need to learn, and quickly, because it’s already firmly ensconced in our lives, and AI skills are…
4 K-12 edtech trends we’re tracking at CoSN 2019
CoSN 2019 kicks off in Portland, OR this week, and it brings with it rich content spanning a variety of K-12 edtech trends. eSchool News will be there,…
5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation
Sustaining and scaling innovation is one of the top hurdles K-12 district leaders face as they strive to bring new and bold ideas to education, according to a…