Navigating the Future of K-12 Education
CoSN is dedicated to empowering education leaders with the knowledge and resources needed to drive meaningful change in K-12 education through emerging technology. Our two key initiatives—Driving K-12 Innovation and the EdTech Innovation Committee—work in concert to explore the trends, challenges, and technologies defining the future of learning.
CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation and EdTech Innovation Project Director: Laura Geringer, lgeringer@cosn.org.
CoSN staff contact: Jill Brown, MA, Ph.D., Director of Professional Learning, jbrown@cosn.org
CoSN Releases Top 2025 Hurdles, Accelerators and Technology Enablers Shaping K-12 Innovation
The Advisory Board engages in discussion via CoSN’s online forum, synchronous virtual calls via Zoom, and also participates in two surveys to select the top themes in each category that are transforming teaching and learning. This year, the Advisory Board’s work took place over approximately 10 weeks.
BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTS
DEEP DIVES INTO BRIDGES (KEY THEMES) FROM THE 2025 DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION REPORT
ETHICAL INNOVATION
Ethical Innovation centers on the “why” of change, aligning efforts with educational goals like fostering growth, equity, and responsible digital citizenship. It emphasizes the importance of responsible design and implementation of new technologies, safeguarding student privacy and promoting equitable access and benefit. When it comes to emerging technologies, ethical innovation ensures that advancements prioritize equity and the well-being and success of students, educators, and communities. Innovation and change are neither inherently “good” nor “bad”; the value lies in the purpose and impact.
THE FUTURE OF WORK
The Future of Work highlights how the rapid and accelerating pace of change (in technology, society, communications, environment, and other aspects of life) is transforming the future of work and placing students in an emerging world with social-technical dynamics1 both congruent and dis-contiguous from ours. Schools and educators have a responsibility to understand and prepare students with the foundational skills and mindsets they need to succeed in life, learning, and work — and the complex ideation and problem-solving capabilities to envision, adapt, and create the future.
Advice to Do More with Less
Actionable insights from the 2025 EdTech Innovation Committee & Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board
Thank you to our Driving K-12 Innovation Sponsors:
Featured Resources
Roadmap to Innovation
CoSN’s Roadmap to Innovation newsletter provides education changemakers with the tools needed to accelerate change in their districts, at their organizations, and in the K-12 ecosystem around the globe.
