Celebrating the First-Ever Innovation Impact Award Winners at DAC
The Innovation Impact Awards were designed to recognize education leaders who are leveraging Lightspeed solutions strategically, using data, visibility, and control to drive outcomes that matter. Winners were selected by our leadership team based on demonstrated innovation, measurable results, and a clear commitment to responsible, student-centered technology use.
Online Exploitation: Insights from the Center for Child Protection Webinar Recap
Children are being contacted through social media platforms, gaming systems, direct messaging features, and live-streaming applications. What begins as casual interaction can quickly escalate into grooming, coercion, sextortion, or exploitation.
New in Lightspeed: Board-Ready Insights from the Leadership Dashboard
The Leadership Dashboard organizes district data into clear executive-level views tied directly to leadership priorities. Each report includes anonymized comparisons to similarly sized K-12 districts nationwide, giving leaders meaningful context alongside their own trends.
Ohio HB 96: What K–12 Districts Need to Know About Cybersecurity, AI Policy, and School Safety Funding
Ohio House Bill 96, signed into law on June 30, 2025, establishes the state’s FY 2026–2027 operating budget. While primarily a budget bill, HB 96 includes new statutory requirements that directly impact public K–12 school districts.
Part 1: Your School Safety Priorities for the New Year
Administrators review protocols, staff complete training refreshers, and districts take stock of what worked last year versus what needs work. Despite these annual recommitments, too many schools still operate without the fundamental systems that actually prevent violence.
How to Be a Student Outcomes Hero: Using EdTech Data for Student Success
Student needs are more complex, learning gaps have widened, and expectations for accountability and budget impact on digital learning tools have never been higher. Improving outcomes today isn’t about buying more tools or collecting more data.
New in Lightspeed Alert™: Enhanced Student Safety Trends Reporting for K-12 Districts
The Alert Insights Dashboard gives district leaders, safety teams, and counselors a comprehensive look at when, where, and how student safety concerns are emerging. By connecting incidents to time, category, and severity, schools can identify trends early and strengthen prevention strategies.
Lightspeed Alert Expands Student Safety Net with New Canvas LMS Integration
Lightspeed Systems is taking another big step forward in student safety with the general availability of its powerful new Canvas LMS integration for Lightspeed Alert™. As more classrooms move online, it’s never been more important to ensure student well-being in digital spaces.
Fueling Your Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management with Behavioral Threat Assessment Intelligence (BTAI)
When a student poses a risk to themselves or others, time matters. Schools have invested in Behavioral Threat Assessment (BTA) and Behavioral Threat Assessment Management (BTAM) processes to identify and intervene early. But even the best-trained team is only as effective as the visibility they have into risks.
From Awareness to Action: Stopping School Bullying
The challenge facing school leaders today isn’t simply awareness. Most educators understand bullying’s devastating impact. The task is to build systems that detect bullying early, respond effectively when incidents occur, and create environments where issues become less likely in the first place.
