Brandon Wales, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said ransomware is "quickly becoming a national emergency."

"Looks like we’re getting our first cyber snow day," wrote a high-school football coach in the 114,000-student school district.

"It’s sort of a morbid joke that instead of a snow day, schools now have cyber days," one speaker said during an online talk on ransomware against K-12 schools.

Through audits, letters to the governor and newspaper editorials, State Auditor Shad White said Mississippi Department of Education is being "called to the carpet" to correct decisions that he claims "contradict" state law.

State leaders announced Monday a plan to invest federal CARES Act funding into improving high-speed internet access for families with school-age children.

As many students struggle to locate reliable internet connections during the pandemic, Chicago unveils a four-year program to deliver high-speed home connections to 100,000 K-12 students.

Applications for risk management planning and mapping are helping state officials coordinate with school administrators and better understand their facilities.

State CIO Pat Snow says the state is looking to expand its services portfolio in a way few other states have.

The Governors’ Partnership for K-12 Computer Science now has 16 participants.