CoSN Blog Posts – Open to All
Among the valuable and free resources that CoSN offers are the Blog Posts that are published on the CoSN website at https://www.cosn.org/news-publications/blogs/. Readers of the blog posts will find insight and guidance on a wide variety of topics related to leading technology innovation.
Highlights of recent freely accessible postings on the CoSN Blog Post website include:
1) “Speak Your Crazy: School District of La Crosse, WI” by Dr. Stacy Hawthorne, CoSN Board Chair. In this post, Dr. Hawthorne describes the thinking behind the innovative design of La Crosse Polytechnic School in the School District of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
2) “Mobilizing Your District: How School Leaders Can Rally Communities to Save E-Rate Funding”. Readers of this blog post will learn strategies for coordinating efforts across school district stakeholder groups to build support to advocate for the continuation of E-Rate funding to school districts.
3) “Supportive Environments in K-12 Cybersecurity”. This article acknowledges that we all share a responsibility for cybersecurity in our school settings. To help all districts build a strong culture for this shared works, three specific steps for changing the culture to meet that shared responsibility are outlined.
Season 9 of the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents edLeader Panel Broadcasts
On Monday, September 14, 2026, edWeb.net launched Season 9 of the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents edLeader Panel Broadcasts. The focus of the September 14 broadcast was on “Leading and Sustaining Technology Innovations in Today’s School District Settings”. If you missed the live broadcast, you are welcome to view the recording which can be freely accessed at https://home.edweb.net/webinar/supers20260914/.
The October 5, 2026, edLeader Panel Broadcast will focus on “Current Education Technology Hurdles, Accelerators, and Enablers: CoSN’s 2026 Driving K-12 Innovation Report”. Featured panelists include Dr. Doug Brubaker, Superintendent, Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia, Dr. Karen Cheser, Superintendent, Durango School District, Colorado and Superintendent Glenn Robbins, Brigantine Public School District, New Jersey. The superintendents on the panel will be joined by Laura Geringer, Project Director for CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation Initiative and EdTech Innovation Committee. Registration for the free October 5, 2026, edLeader Panel is open at https://home.edweb.net/webinar/supers20261005/. After the live broadcast, a recording of the October 5, 2026, broadcast will also be freely available at that same URL address.
Support for Continuing the E-Rate Program
The FCC is expected to rule on whether to continue current funding for E-Rate in mid-October. CoSN encourages school leaders to submit their rationale for support of E-Rate and is happy to provide a free guide for Filing E-rate Comments with the FCC at
https://www.cosn.org/tools-and-resources/resource/cosns-guide-to-filing-e-rate-comments-with-the-fcc/.
Comments should be submitted to the FCC by no later than October 13, 2026.
CoSN Membership: If you, your school or district would like more information about joining CoSN or getting more involved with CoSN, please contact membership@cosn.org.
