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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CoSN District Application Inventory Worksheet
The CoSN Inventory worksheet can be used to create a catalog of school system applications and top line information. Log in to read more... (Member Exclusive)
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The Glue of IT Modernization: Interoperability
Regardless of size, all school systems benefit from infrastructure modernization. Integral to much-needed modernization efforts is interoperability—the seamless sharing of data, content, and services among systems or applications. Without interoperability,…
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Digital Inclusion: Key to Student Learning for All
The digital divide has long existed, but the global pandemic has illuminated this divide. In 2020, Common Sense Media and Boston Consulting Group reported that 15-16 million students lacked sufficient…
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Change Management and Organizational Development in Large School Systems
All large districts experience change, whether it be a new leadership structure, budget shifts, or enterprise system implementation. Investing in change management practices and organizational development structures is critical to…
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Reflections on Driving K-12 Innovation
When the opportunity to join the Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board for 2022 came across my social media feed, I jumped at the opportunity to support this work. Each year…
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Blaschke Report: Best Practices from CoSN’s Peer Review Program
Since 2016, CoSN has conducted 21 Peer Reviews for school districts around the country. The purpose of this research is to discover commonalities among school districts as well as distinctions…
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Selecting the Right EdTech…Every Time
In a recent panel discussion presented by edWeb.net and sponsored by Veracity Verification Solutions, I was invited to moderate a discussion regarding best practices for evaluating EdTech. It was a…
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The “P” in Project Management = The “P” in People
The “P” in project management should be interchangeable with the “P” in people. That’s because project management is just as much about the people as it is about the project.…
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Self-Assessment (District Security Checklist)
What is your district’s state of security readiness? Security means reliability and integrity of the operation as well as keeping the door locked on data. Use this questionnaire to gain…
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