Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Check out this great preview of #CoSN2025 from Rebecca Torchia at - https://ow.ly/3Pt250VpkQA ?? CoSN2025 heads to Seattle, bringing together EdTech leaders for an unforgettable experience. ?? This year’s theme, “Human Leadership in a World of AI,” will explore the evolving roles and responsibilities of IT leaders in education #CoSN2025 #EdTech #Leadership #AnnualConference #Networking #ProfessionalDevelopment #AIInEducation Keith Krueger

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Looking forward to seeing many of you soon @ Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)'s 2025 conference! Can't wait to team up with Ji Soo Song, Jill Pierce, Carla Wade, & Julia Fallon to discuss how schools can identify secure, safe, and effective EdTech tools use guidelines and suggestions laid out by 1EdTech Consortium, CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology), CoSN, Digital Promise, InnovateEDU, ISTE & SETDA more easily. If you'll be in Seattle Sunday-Wednesday, you know where to find me!

We are so excited to have our friends and partners from SETDA present many sessions at #CoSN2025! If you can join us in Seattle at #CoSN2025, it is not too late - https://lnkd.in/e6pYPyXT Keith Krueger

Be the Chair will be very insightful! ?? We already enjoy having you as part of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) board, but even more excited to have you begin your new role as Board Chair at #CoSN2025! Congratulations and enjoy the journey! Keith Krueger

Thank you, Lauraine Langreo and Education Week, for covering the CoSN 2025 National Student Data Privacy Report! The findings are clear: K-12 EdTech leaders need more support in overcoming the institutional barriers to student data privacy. From employee-related issues to complex compliance requirements, EdTech leaders face challenges that prevent effective privacy protection. ?? Read the full article to learn how districts can break down these barriers: https://ow.ly/um3Y50Vq60g Keith Krueger

Thank you, Lauraine Langreo and Education Week, for covering the CoSN 2025 National Student Data Privacy Report! The findings are clear: K-12 EdTech leaders need more support in overcoming the institutional barriers to student data privacy. From employee-related issues to complex compliance requirements, EdTech leaders face challenges that prevent effective privacy protection. ?? Read the full article to learn how districts can break down these barriers: https://bit.ly/3Y4nFmC Keith Krueger

One thing I love about the SETDA community is its ability to quickly come together to help solve tough problems. So what have our members been looking at since last summer? #Edtech procurement. Is it wonky and complex? Yes. So, we convened those that represent all sides of the decision-making process, from states to developers, to help us unravel it and identify opportunities to improve systems that determine which tools make it to the classroom. While the rapid increase in the availability of edtech and AI-powered tools has enabled more innovative approaches to teaching and learning, it has also presented districts—especially smaller or rural ones—with the daunting task of vetting and selecting those that are both effective and necessary. In response, SETDA partnered last year with leading edtech nonprofits to address these concerns and ease the burden of evaluating and vetting edtech applications and products. Seven key organizations—1EdTech Consortium, CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology), Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), Digital Promise, InnovateEDU, ISTE+ASCD, and SETDA—formed the EdTech Quality Collaborative and have jointly developed five Edtech Quality Indicators (i.e., safe, evidence-based, inclusive, usable, interoperable).? Grounded in those indicators, this new resource from the SETDA State Action Committee is designed to guide K–12 education leaders in selecting high-quality edtech products, offering adaptable questions that procurement teams can incorporate into different policies, processes, RFPs, or state-level guidance and support tools. Find the openly-licensed resource here: https://lnkd.in/g5WSkEWj. Please feel free to reach out to me with questions about how to use and share this resource!

Missed this morning’s press conference on defending the Universal Service Fund (USF)? We've got you covered. ?? Watch the full recording here: https://lnkd.in/euzve-gn Broadband leaders across the country—including Senator Ed Markey and FCC Commissioner?Anna Gomez—came together to urge the Supreme Court to uphold the principles ensuring affordable, accessible internet for all. Speakers included representatives from: ? American Library Association ? National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) ? The Communications Workers of America Local 2336 ? Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) ? National Parents Union ? Baltimore County Public Library ? Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs Together, we stand for universal service—no matter your income, zip code, or background.

Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in "FCC v. Consumers' Research,” the case that could determine the future of the Universal Service Fund (USF).?Before the arguments, Keep Our Communities Connected held a press conference with Senator Markey, joined by members of the Lifeline Coalition (Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, MediaJustice, and National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) who are intervenors in the case), SHLB Coalition, teachers, doctors, rural healthcare workers, and other community members to advocate for the preservation of USF. Together, we sent a message that connectivity is no longer a luxury but a human right that should be afforded to all Americans, regardless of zip code. View the full press conference here: https://lnkd.in/eDWpybZM. Oral arguments can be heard here: https://lnkd.in/eqxxj4pg.