E-rate Cybersecurity Cost Estimate (January 2021)
This report offers an estimate of the cost to include a more appropriate cybersecurity focus in the E-rate program. Download to read more... (Member Exclusive)
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Student Home Connectivity Study
An important breakthrough study on Student Home Connectivity. Few topics are more timely and critical today than addressing digital equity and closing the so-called Homework Gap. This report provides educators…
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CoSN Applauds FCC’s Extension of Timeline for Emergency Connectivity Fund Applications
CoSN CEO Keith Krueger today issued the following statement recognizing the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement of over $5 billion in Emergency Connectivity Fund Program requests and applauding the Commission’s…
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Ready or Not, Here it Comes! Take time to reflect on the lessons learned last year to create improved learning experiences for all students.
Some of life’s best lessons are learned in the worst of times. ~Ani DeFranco If there ever was a time for innovation and implementation of new technology tools and hardware,…
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Tick Tock – Time’s Running Out to Apply for ECF!
The window to file an application for the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Funds closes on August 13, 2021. Schools and libraries can apply for financial support to purchase laptops and…
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Real People – Real Challenges – Real Solutions
Desert Sands Unified School District (CA), is a leader in educational technology, digital equity, and innovation. I had the great opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Kelly May Vollmar Ed.D.,…
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Home Connectivity — from a Digital Equity Lens
As we set our sights on the 2021-2022 year, many school districts are focusing on how they will carry forward new digital learning environments. Schools rethought traditional school models during…
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Working Collaboratively towards Digital Inclusion
The pandemic peeled blinders from our eyes exposing ways people are excluded from digital opportunities like learning, employment, telehealth. These are linked to digital access including internet access, devices, apps,…
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I’ve been thinking about… Data Systems and Our LGBTQ+ Students, Parents and Staff
As Chair of CoSN’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and a former Chief Technology and Information Officer, I’ve been thinking about school district student and staff data. In particular, how…
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CoSN joins Education Campaign to Promote Children’s Vaccinations
CoSN has joined twelve other education organizations in the Get Vax campaign as a member of the Learning First Alliance, The goal of the campaign is to increase the awareness…
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