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New partnership offers school districts resources, camaraderie in bolstering student data privacy practices

Several school districts have committed to a new student data privacy program led by the Consortium for School Networking.

Nov 25, 2024 By Keely Quinlan

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Cyber threats in K-12 are ‘here to stay’

Even without robust funding, there are still free and low-cost steps K-12 schools can take to improve their cyber defenses, speakers said at a CISA event.

Nov 3, 2022 By Benjamin Freed

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing to discuss President Bidens fiscal year 2023 budget request for the National Institute of Health on May 17, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden / Pool / AFP / Getty Images)

FCC’s E-Rate program needs to cover cybersecurity, senators told

Amy McLaughlin, head of the cybersecurity program at K-12 tech group CoSN, said E-Rate needs to be updated to cover network defenses.

May 18, 2022 By Benjamin Freed

StateScoop parent launches news website for edtech sector

New website aims to help education leaders “keep ahead of the rapid technology changes impacting school districts and college campuses across America.”

Oct 21, 2015

BYOD, 3-D printing, badging among top K-12 trends – report

Digital badging, 3-D printing, adaptive learning technologies and wearable tech are moving from the horizon into K-12 classrooms, according to a new report from the New Media…

May 12, 2015

School CTOs tackle online tests, Wi-Fi access at CoSN 2015

StateScoop highlights some of the interesting panels and topics discussed at the 2015 CoSN conference, including online tests and tips for monitoring wifi.

Mar 19, 2015