K-12 Education

Diverse middle school students attentively listening and taking notes at their desks in a bright classroom.
AI Readiness Assessment for K-12 School Districts
AI Readiness , K-12 Education , Public Sector , AI Governance
School districts are further into AI than almost any other kind of public organization, and further from having decided anything about it. That is not a criticism. Teachers found generative AI tools useful immediately, s...
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A teacher guides a young student using a touchscreen interactive whiteboard while classmates watch from their desks.
AI Use Cases for K-12 School Districts
AI Use Cases , K-12 Education , AI Readiness
Most lists of AI use cases for schools start with instruction, because that is the part everyone wants to talk about. It is also the part with the highest stakes, the most stakeholders, and the least settled ground. This...
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An empty school corridor lined on both sides with blue student lockers.
How School Districts Can Purchase IT Services Through TIPS
K-12 Education , TIPS , IT Procurement , Public Sector
A school district runs an enterprise technology estate on a budget and a headcount that would embarrass a mid-sized company. Wireless in every classroom, thousands of devices in the hands of people who did not choose the...
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A technology professional holding a laptop beside racks of data center equipment.
IT Staff Augmentation for K-12 School Districts
IT Staff Augmentation , K-12 Education , IT Consulting
Districts bring in outside technical people for two quite different reasons, and conflating them produces most of the disappointment associated with the model. The first is cover. A network administrator resigns in Febru...
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A technician inspecting network equipment racks with a handheld diagnostic tool.
Cybersecurity Services for School Districts Through Cooperative Purchasing
Cybersecurity , K-12 Education , IT Procurement
A school district holds a great deal of information about children. Enrollment records, health information, special education documentation, family contact details, and increasingly the digital work of students themselve...
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