CoSN Expresses Deep Concern Over Cuts to the Office of Educational Technology and Cybersecurity Services for Schools

Washington, D.C. (March 13, 2025) – The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is alarmed by the Administration’s decision to eliminate the staff of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of…
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Seymour Papert Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes a CoSN member’s lifelong contribution to technology and education. The first year that CoSN presented this award was in 2006, and in 2009 it was renamed the…
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Association of K-12 Education Technology Leaders Honor Tom Ryan With 2024 Seymour Papert Lifetime Achievement Award

  Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2024) – CoSN, a premier association of K-12 education technology leaders, honored Tom Ryan, Co-Founder of the K-12 Strategic Technology Advisory Group, with its Seymour…
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Shaping AI and Emerging Technologies to Empower Learning Communities

In November, I had the privilege of attending a CIRCLS Convening themed around AI, which was partly sponsored by NSF and Digital Promise. While there is a major focus on…
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2022-23 Annual Report  

30 Years of Leading Innovation January 2023 – December 2023  This CoSN latest annual report describes our exciting work to lead innovation at warp speed. After 30 years, CoSN is…
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Possible ‘Game-Changer’ for Schools: House Committee Passes Rebuild America’s Schools Act

Keith Krueger, CEO for CoSN, issued the following statement applauding the House Education & Labor Committee’s approval of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 (H.R.865): “Committee passage of this…
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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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Using Data to Inform Practice

As we approach the end of a school year in which we continued to grapple with the challenges of educating our students during a pandemic, it is a natural time…
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K12 Cybersecurity Primer released by CoSN

  Through the generosity of the Blaschke Fund, we have a new report — Making the Case for Increased Investment in Cybersecurity: A Primer for K12 School Districts just getting started…
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Free Resources to Help You Drive K-12 Innovation!

In CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation initiative, a global advisory board of more than 100 K-12 leaders, practitioners, and changemakers engages in discourse about the major themes driving, hindering, and enabling…
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