WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – PowerSchool is the latest victim of a nationwide cyberattack. PowerSchool is a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools across the country, including Kansas. The ...

In the year 2025, no one should have to be convinced that protecting data privacy matters. For education institutions, it’s really that simple of a priority–and that complicated. Despite the passage ...

A new report from CoSN examines gaps and opportunities in student data privacy at schools and districts across the country. The 2025 National Student Data Privacy ...

In December 2021, a data breach occurred at Illuminate after the credentials of a former employee were commandeered by hackers. The information downloaded allegedly contained student names, birth ...

WASHINGTON, DC (October 15, 2024) – The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today announced that the Illinois Learning Technology Center (LTC), a program of the Illinois State Board of Education, ...

Many school district technology leaders are struggling to establish fundamental student data privacy practices, partly due to a lack of support from the rest of the district, concludes a new report ...

The Columbus Schools teachers union is warning members that a new state law protecting student data privacy could hinder students using educational websites like YouTube and Kahoot! for classroom ...

Protecting student data is critical for school district IT leaders, but many cite leadership and training gaps, along with time and manpower, as obstacles in that ...

Nearly three quarters of ed-tech leaders in the U.S. who oversee student data privacy for their district don't have that task in their job description, and 17 percent of them have no training in the ...

(TNS) — From President Donald Trump's plans to shutter the U.S. Department of Education to threats of federal funding cuts for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, people who work in K-12 ...