2025 CoSN EdTech Leadership Report: 3 Urgent Challenges Facing Districts—and How Lightspeed Is Meeting the Moment
The 2025 CoSN EdTech Leadership Survey, released in May, captures a critical moment in K–12 technology leadership. Drawing on responses from hundreds of school district leaders, the report highlights mounting challenges in visibility, budgeting, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Breaking Down Silos, Optimizing Technology, and Empowering Student Success: Insights from Our Webinar
I had the pleasure of moderating today’s insightful webinar with district leaders, where we dove into some of the biggest challenges facing education today. From breaking down departmental silos to leveraging technology for informed decision-making, the conversation was filled with real-world strategies and valuable takeaways.
Device Swapping in Schools and What To Do About It
Students swap or share devices, and reporting, security, accountability and other IT reporting systems fall apart.
Lightspeed Signal closes the gap with reporting on assigned user AND actual users. Easily spot when an unassigned or unrostered user logs into a device.
⚡ Lightning Chat: Proxies, VPNs, and the Hidden Risks on School Devices
For our first episode, Matthew Burg (Principal Product Manager, Lightspeed Filter) sits down with Rob Chambers (EVP of Product) to unpack a challenge schools (and Lightspeed) know all too well: students constantly looking for ways to bypass web filters.
5 Essential Reports for K-12 IT Admins
K-12 technology administrators are the unsung heroes of today’s digital classrooms, juggling everything from device rollouts and network security to software updates and user support. A key part of this role is having clear, actionable data that informs everything from budgeting to bandwidth allocation.
How 7 Critical K-12 IT Challenges Sparked Lightspeed Signal’s Creation
K12 IT leaders have a tall order: keep devices secure and compliant, manage assets effectively, troubleshoot connectivity issues, and respond to outages before chaos erupts—all with limited time and resources. Rather than guess what districts need, we asked them directly.
The #1 Way to Reduce K-12 IT Support Tickets
Lightspeed Signal is the first solution designed specifically to deliver the comprehensive IT visibility districts need by consolidating device, app, and internet health data into a single platform.
Introducing Lightspeed Signal: Smarter IT Management for Schools
Lightspeed Signal equips K-12 IT teams with integrated insights to proactively minimize classroom disruptions, streamline inventory management, and support districtwide initiatives.
