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Ray Hartjen

Content Marketing Director

Ray Hartjen is the Content Marketing Director at Lightspeed Systems, where he facilitates two-way dialogue on K-12 Education and EdTech with educators and Education leaders. Connect with Ray on both Twitter & LinkedIn.

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How the SCOPE Act Requires Texas School Districts to Take Action

On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill No. 18, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, more familiarly known as the SCOPE Act.

Woman peering through a magnifying glass. Vetting K-12 Edtech.

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Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech

Analyzing new edtech products to possibly adopt for schools can be daunting, particularly considering 1) the rapid growth of new products in the marketplace, and 2) the sheer number of requests a…

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A Quick Guide to the 2024 CoSN Annual Conference

The CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) 2024 Annual Conference takes place from April 8-10 at the Intercontinental Miami, providing yet another opportunity for attendees to network, share, and…

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3 Things IT Needs to Know About EdTech Collaboration with Teachers

Today’s digital classrooms require an unprecedented degree of edtech collaboration between teachers and the district’s supportive IT function.

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Lightspeed Alert™ Adds Spanish Capabilities and Expanded Categories to Enable Districts to Better Serve Communities

Dedicated Categories for Drugs and Weapons Allow More Control on Review and Escalation of Alerts AUSTIN, Texas—January 11, 2024—Lightspeed Systems®, the edtech market leader in digital safety, security, and equity solutions, announced today the introduction of Spanish language alerting capabilities and additional weapons and drugs categories to Lightspeed Alert™, enabling districts to better identify students in crisis, […]

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Lightspeed Systems® Gains UK Safer Internet Centre Accreditation

Lightspeed Systems are Amongst the First Providers to Achieve the UK Safer Internet Centre’s Accredited Filtering Provider Status London — 20 February 2024 — Lightspeed Systems®, the global leader in providing digital safety, security, and equity solutions to primary education, announced they have achieved accreditation by the UK Safer Internet Centre as one of the […]

Badge for the Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS 2023 list by The Software Report.

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Brook McShane Bock Named Among the Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS of 2023 by The Software Report

AUSTIN, Texas—January 8, 2024—Lightspeed Systems, the edtech market leader in digital safety, security, and equity solutions, proudly announced today that its Chief Product Officer, Brook McShane Bock, was selected as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS by The Software Report, a comprehensive source for market research and insights, business news, investment activity and corporate actions related […]