Some of life's best lessons are learned in the worst of times. ~Ani DeFranco
August 10, 2021
July 30, 2021
Desert Sands Unified School District (CA), is a leader in educational technology, digital equity, and innovation.
July 16, 2021
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.
July 13, 2021
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, know-why, know-how.
June 21, 2021
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.
April 13, 2021
Reliable broadband connectivity like utilities needs to be a requirement and service that is available to each and every student in today’s world.
October 26, 2020
“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
June 17, 2020
According to a 2018 report from the Pew Research C
September 26, 2019
In Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better, the authors assert that it is not possible to make improvements at scale without first measuring the outcomes of
September 9, 2019
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to lead a 90-minute workshop on Digital Equity at the CAST's Annual Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Symposium.
August 8, 2019
When the Beaverton, Oregon School District first rolled out their 1-to-1 program in 2014, they did not realize that the technology could inadvertently disadvantage some of their most vulnerable students.
July 11, 2019
Rather it’s a critical component for creating equitable access to learning for ALL students. Over the past decade, Albemarle County Public Schools has used Digital Equity as the foundation for systemic improvement.
July 2, 2019
The other night, we had pizza and wings for dinner. The night before, my husband and I each ate six, fresh-baked, chocolate chip cookies.
May 9, 2019
Each year, CoSN’s Withrow CTO Award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of district Chief Technology Officers whose leadership has helped to transform their system.
April 5, 2019
Three years ago, CoSN created the Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity to encourage, promote, and honor districts working to reduce inequities resulting from the Digital Divide.
February 26, 2018
A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools u
August 23, 2017
CoSN supports edtech leaders who are dedicated to continued growth in their capacity to improve students’ learning with innovative, digital environments. We work to improve the human capacity of school systems by providing robust, thoughtful, and relevant professional advancement opportunities.
February 8, 2016
Chattanooga, known by an older generation for The Andrew Sisters song “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” is now becoming known as the leading U.S. community addressing digital equity.
November 2, 2015
I'm concluding this series of posts from my work study with one more example of a community where a school system is partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big"
October 30, 2015
Over the past several weeks I have been blogging about the need for school systems to address digital equity. Some are calling this the Homework Gap. Most school systems are not doing anything to address this issue.
October 20, 2015
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big" in addressing
October 14, 2015
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big" i
October 7, 2015
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business c
October 5, 2015
Diving Deeper on Digital Equity
October 1, 2015
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business communities, a
September 23, 2015
This blog is the fourth in a series on digital equity from CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. Read Keith's introduction to the series here.
September 16, 2015
This blog is the third in a series on digital equity from CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. Read Keith's introduction to the series here.
September 9, 2015
This blog is the second in a series on digital equity from CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. Read Keith's introduction to the series here.
September 2, 2015
This blog post is the first in a series from CoSN CEO Keith Krueger.
