Best practices for IT budgeting at school districts

Amidst the current chaos, it’s still budget season. Contrary to what many believe, creating an effective and useful IT budget for a school district doesn’t start with numbers. It starts with a clear vision and understanding of the school ...

How to prioritize IT district initiatives from faculty, parents, and admins

Everything you need to know about E-rate this year

At the start of the 21st century, when the calendar flipped from ’99 to ’00, just over half of all American adults used the internet. Today, that number has risen to over 90 percent, and over 96 percent own a cellphone (not to mention ...

Finding the right balance between student privacy and security

According to the U.S. Department of Education, hundreds of educational data breaches happen every single year. In the first nine months of this year, at least 10 school districts had been the victims of ransomware attacks. This combined ...

What to consider when going 1:1 in your school district

Providing a device for every student in your district can be daunting, but it’s worth the effort. Fifteen years’ worth of research shows that giving every student a laptop improves their test scores in English/language arts, math, and ...

What Does Your District Look Like at Capacity?

With cloud services, 1:1 programs, BYOD and ever-increasing bandwidth & storage, the technology landscape is dynamically changing for education. As school technology administrators, we're asking questions we've never asked before, ...