An Intro to SchoolDay’s PII Monitoring
Picture yourself driving on a highway. The day is bright, the sky is clear, and you’re able to cruise along. Now picture that same drive, only the road ahead is obscured by thick fog. You have to put on the brakes, slow down, and ease your way down the road because you simply cannot see […]
Is Your District at Risk of Exposing PII?
Not all data exchange solutions are equally secure. How do you know if your data exchange puts your district at risk of exposing PII? School districts have been using data exchange for years to give edtech vendors and other third parties the information they need. Unfortunately, most data exchange puts districts at risk of exposing […]
Protect K-12 Student Data with Comprehensive Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a challenge for K-12 schools. Looking back at September 2022, there were more than 16 disclosed ransomware attacks – half of which were on academic institutions. In the following November, another ransomware attack, on Norman Public Schools, completely debilitated the district. Increasingly, K-12 schools and universities are becoming primary targets for cyber criminals. […]
Career Readiness Is the Future of Education
Across the country, high schools are embracing career readiness programs. These programs, rather than push every single student to go to college, help identify career paths for students who either want to go to work right out of high school, want a higher paying job upon graduation, or want to work to pay for college […]
Cybersecurity Protection – Is your District Insurable?
In January 2022, 3,000 schools were caught up in a cybersecurity incident. And the number of attacks continues to increase. Because of the increase in cybersecurity attacks against schools, many districts are considering cybersecurity protection in the form of cybersecurity insurance. The losses that school districts face are enormous. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, But to […]
Interoperability: The Key to Future-Proofing Education
Interoperability is a word that didn’t really make the mainstream until the pandemic. All of a sudden, schools were forced to ramp up distribution of devices to students learning from home and scrambling to find edtech solutions to help meet educational needs beyond the classroom setting. Now, it’s one of the top priorities for districts […]
CTE and Professional Development from Coursera and SchoolDay
Tech proficiency in the United States is low compared to Europe and Asia. According to Coursera’s Global Skills Report 2022: The U.S. remained flat in overall skills proficiency at 29th, trailing countries in Asia & Europe. Business skills proficiency rose in the U.S., with key areas like leadership and management increasing from 40% in 2021 […]