Building a Culture of Cyber Hygiene in K-12 Schools

cyber hygiene in k-12

When we think of keeping students safe, we often imagine locked doors, secure entrances, and attentive staff. But safety these days extends into the digital world. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a perfect time for school leaders to reflect on how they’re protecting students’ most sensitive information. Cyber hygiene isn’t only about IT policies or […]

How Ecosystem Orchestration Transforms K-12 Student Data Privacy

How Ecosystem Orchestration Transforms K-12 Student Data Privacy

There was a time when keeping student records meant maintaining a manila folder that was tucked away in a locked filing cabinet for which only one or two officials had a key. Those days are long gone. Today, nearly everything required throughout a school day, from lesson plans, quizzes, and group projects to personally identifiable […]

SchoolDay Partners with ISTE+ASCD’s EdTech Index

schoolday partners with the edtech index

K-12 schools are facing increasing pressure to adopt technology that is both innovative and safe. But educators and administrators need a more effective means of navigating the crowded edtech marketplace. With its ecosystem orchestration platform, SchoolDay is focused on streamlining how schools vet, provision, and manage their apps. To further expand a school’s ability to […]

Strengthen Student Data Privacy with SchoolDay’s Zero-Trust Ecosystem Orchestration Platform

Zero-Trust SaaS Ecosystem Orchestration Platform

Data breaches are on the rise, and K-12 schools face a growing number of cybersecurity risks and compliance challenges. Safeguarding student data, then, is no longer optional; it’s essential. Through SchoolDay’s zero-trust ecosystem orchestration platform, we provide a seamless, secure, and scalable solution designed to help schools and districts protect student information while enabling safe […]

Global Grid for Learning (GG4L) Announces New Platform and Rebranding to SchoolDay

GG4L is now SchoolDay

SchoolDay Unveils the First Zero-Trust Ecosystem Orchestration Platform for Schools Alameda, CA, April 7, 2025 — Global Grid for Learning (GG4L) is now SchoolDay. The company today launched the SchoolDay Platform, a pioneering solution that evolves beyond a data exchange into the backbone of the EdTech ecosystem. SchoolDay securely orchestrates the complex interplay of third-party […]

Zero Trust Data Exchange and Ecosystem Orchestration

zero trust data exchange ecosystem

“Schools need to be more diligent now more than ever. A transformation to zero-trust ecosystem data governance is a must – not just an option. Zero-trust data exchange and ecosystem orchestration is the answer to cybersecurity threats for schools deploying hundreds of third-party SaaS tools. Don’t procrastinate “ – Robert Iskander At SchoolDay, we are […]

The Importance of Data Privacy for K-12 Schools

data privacy in k-12 schools

August might be summer break for kids, but presents data privacy challenges for school IT leaders. When calendars flip to August, a sudden flurry of activity ensues at virtually every K-12 school. While students might be squeezing in their last lazy days of summer, teachers, counselors, school administrators, and IT leaders are busy preparing for […]

Best Practices for Data Integration in K-12 Schools

data integration best practices

Data integration has become more challenging for K-12 schools. According to K12 Dive, “there have been 102 education-related ransomware attacks in 2023 as of mid-September, compared to 116 in 2022, 107 in 2021, 116 in 2020, 104 in 2019 and 16 in 2018.” Hundreds of reported cybersecurity ransomware attacks on schools occur every year, and […]

Disrupt Data Exchange to Solve the Student Data Privacy Problem

disrupt data exchange to address the student data privacy problem

We can no longer pretend that the student data privacy problem in K-12 schools doesn’t exist or that traditional rostering services don’t exacerbate that risk. It’s time to acknowledge that duplicating data and spreading it across multiple third-party servers is unsafe for student data privacy, staff privacy, and overall cybersecurity. There is a better way. […]