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IT Management
New Bill Stands Up for Digital Equity in America’s School Districts
Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking), today issued the following statement on the bipartisan bill introduced this week by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO):
Small and Large School Systems Recognized for Commitment to Student Data Privacy
CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) today announced two new recipients of the national Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal: Virginia’s Loudoun County Public Schools and Alabama’s Satsuma City Schools. Both schools were awarded the Seal for committing to rigorous practices and policies to protect student data.
School Infrastructure Report: Strong Gains in Broadband Connectivity, But Challenges Persist
Majority of school districts today (85 percent) fully meet the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) short-term goal for broadband connectivity of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students. However, recurring costs remain the most significant barrier for schools in their efforts to increase connectivity, CoSN revealed today in its 2017 Annual Infrastructure Survey Report.
Defining Interoperability Within Your Digital Ecosystem
3.5GHz Innovation Band Becoming Available
Last year the FCC finished its rules for opening up previously restricted spectrum at 3.5GHz to experimental public use. In particular, this now permits commercial operations in 150MHz of new spectrum in the 3550-3700MHz band which was previously reserved for the Defense Department for coastal navigation use, and fixed satellite services. What does this mean for public school districts? A potential new path and service set for mobile data communications. This is another step in the Obama administration’s effort to expand broadband access.
How School Systems can Establish Reliable Internet and WAN Connections
With the exponential increase of access needed to cloud-based applications for instructional and operational use, Internet reliability is becoming paramount in school systems. So how can school systems provide the necessary access by having multiple Internet connections, or a fiber ring for their Wide Area Network (WAN)? The short answer we found in my school district is to provide additional Internet connections where the school system divides Internet traffic between schools. Let’s take a hypothetical example of a school district with 20 schools.
New School Leadership Toolkit Advances Digital Equity Nationwide
Washington, DC (February 17, 2016) – To improve digital equity in school systems nationwide, CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) today launched the Digital Equity Action Toolkit for district leaders.
Introduced through CoSN’s new Digital Equity Action Agenda leadership initiative, the toolkit provides school system leaders with thoughtful strategies to address and narrow the “homework gap” in their communities.
A Member Perspective on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
It’s hard to gain a true sense of how well your district is doing if you examine your accomplishments and roadblocks in isolation. This is why CoSN has partnered with ActPoint® KPI Management System to provide you with the data you need to benchmark yourself against other similar districts.
School System Leaders: Affordability Is Chief Infrastructure Challenge
Washington, DC (November 3, 2015) – School system leaders identified affordability as the primary obstacle for robust connectivity, according to CoSN’s (the Consortium for School Networking’s) 3rd Annual Infrastructure Survey released today.
Green Computing -- Just a Fad After All?
A recent NetworkWorld article, “Whatever Happened to Green IT?” left me wondering: was the sustainable computing craze which became popular in 2008 and spawned CoSN’s Green Computing effort just a passing fad?
