Speak Your Crazy: School District of La Crosse, WI
The Small School That Launched the Future First Imagine designing a high school with no gymnasium. No science lab with a ventilation hood. No kitchen for culinary arts, no workshop,…
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AASA/CoSN Toolkit: Communicating the Value of Education Technology
School leaders are facing growing questions about screen time, AI, privacy, cybersecurity, and the role of technology in learning. To help superintendents lead those conversations with confidence, AASA and CoSN…
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Your AI Tutoring Vendor Is Building a Psych Profile of Every Student. Now What?
When a student sits down with an AI tutoring system, the interaction looks routine. A question, an attempt, some feedback. Underneath that session, the system is building something no teacher…
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Empowering School Communities During the Change Process
Change management is fundamentally about people. Whether implementing Learning Management Systems (LMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), or other technologies, it is essential to consider how these tools benefit school communities,…
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“Technology Problems Are Easy, People Are Hard”: Lessons from Richard Platts
“Technology problems are easy. I’ve never run into a technology problem that I couldn’t solve. People are hard.” Richard Platts, Chief Technology Officer at Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania, succinctly…
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Connecting the Top Topics of the 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report
Each year, the Top Topics in CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation Report highlight the most important forces that are impacting the future of K-12 education. But the most powerful insights often…
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Beyond ChatGPT – Critical Thinking in the Age of AI
This is part of the Connecting Ed Tech Leaders with Cutting-Edge Research Series. AI doesn’t have to be the problem—it can be part of the solution if we design it…
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Quantum 101: Preparing for the Future of Education
At a recent EdTech Innovation Committee meeting, members heard from Joe McBreen, Assistant Superintendent of Innovation at St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, on the fast-emerging field of quantum information…
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Empowering Excellence: Attracting, Retaining & Cultivating IT Leaders
Many K-12 schools and districts face the dual challenge of Attracting and Retaining Educators and IT Professionals while Building the Human Capacity of Leaders–this is why both topics were voted…
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Women Supporting Their Careers: Finding the Right Mentor
In “Putting the MEN in Mentoring,” I shared two key lessons I have learned as a woman in EdTech: women need male mentors to help bridge the leadership gap in…
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