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Funding uncertainty, budget constraints, and a move toward paring down inventories of educational technology are top of mind for many district officials looking to manage costs and screen their districts’ tools for quality. Despite those downward pressures on ed-tech adoption, the number of tech tools in use in school systems continues to increase, contrary to what some industry officials predicted would happen amid fiscal concerns and an oversaturation of technology.

Instructure just released its annual “Edtech Top 40” report, highlighting transformational edtech tools and ranking them based on their intended purpose. These tools were separated and ranked based on five areas: learning management systems, courseware platforms, supplemental platforms, classroom response and assessment tools, and study tools.

Being proactive rather than reactive when approaching tech management can pay good dividends for staff and students. Last summer, Victor DeMedeiros, Senior Technology Manager at New Bedford Public Schools in Massachusetts, set up and enrolled 3,200 new Chromebooks for the entire high school of approximately 3,000 students.

ClassLink has been named a winner in the 2025 SmartBrief Reader’s Choice Awards, earning top honors for its comprehensive ClassLink Suite in the Cybersecurity and Safety & Security categories. These annual awards from SmartBrief on EdTech celebrate companies and products that are making a meaningful and lasting impact in education.

In many school districts, the technology department operates under constant pressure, responding to outages, fixing broken devices, and troubleshooting system failures at a moment’s notice. It’s a stressful environment where each day feels like working in an emergency room, reacting to crises as they come.

Every year, technology leaders face a mountain of challenges in setting up accounts and systems in time for students to return to school. To help, on May 2, ClassLink and Savvas brought together school and vendor leaders at the 2025 BTS Summit to reimagine how to solve these problems and create a better back-to-school experience.

ClassLink is proud to announce its recognition as a winner in three categories of the 2025 EdTech Cool Tool Awards presented by EdTech Digest. ClassLink received top honors for the ClassLink Suite in the category of Networking, Information Technology (IT), Connectivity, or Access Solution, and for ClassLink DataGuard in both Student Data Privacy Solution and Product or Service Setting a Trend.

CoSN and AASA honored Dr. Karen Cheser of Durango School District (CO) with its 2025 EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year Award for her impactful and visionary leadership. Dr. Karen Cheser has not only ensured that important district information is communicated to stakeholders, but she has also implemented systems that allow for feedback that drives innovation.

CoSN today announced its 2025-26 Board of Directors. The Board includes 15 education technology experts from across the country dedicated to shaping CoSN’s mission and strategic direction. Board members serve a three-year term.