CoSN

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CoSN (www.cosn.org) works as a voice and resource for K-12 education technology leaders, serving more than 10 million students in districts nationwide.

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Location

United States, Washington

Employees

11-50

Phone

(202) 558-0059

Founded date

1992

Mentions in press and media 27

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Oct 21, 2025	Tech Share LIVE! Returns to FETC, Plus Leadership Summits Debut at the 2026 Conference	FETC 2026 announces the return of Tech Share LIVE! and the introduction of new Leadership Summits, providing K–12 educators with immersive professional development on AI, innovation, and emerging education technologies. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla...
Mar 27, 2025	Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.	One of the perks of Angie Adams’ job at Samsung is that every year, she gets to witness how some of the country’s most talented emerging scientists are tackling difficult problems in creative ways. They’re working on AI tools that can recog...
Feb 3, 2025	ScaleFlux Empowers IT Transformation with Consumption-Based Solutions	SCLFX PRS 6 As AI adoption drives data center growth, businesses are shifting from capital-intensive infrastructure investments to consumption-based models that align IT spending with actual usage. ScaleFlux's innovative NVMe SSD solut...
Apr 16, 2024	TeachAI Announces Foundational Policy Ideas for AI in Education, a New Resource for Education Leaders and Policymakers	SEATTLE, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TeachAI, an initiative led by Code.org, ETS, the International Society of Technology in Education, Khan Academy, and the World Economic Forum, announced the launch of a groundbreaking resource ...
Feb 28, 2024	School chiefs struggle to craft AI policies	As artificial intelligence steamrolls ahead, the nation's K-12 school superintendents are largely flummoxed by how they should teach, use and set guidelines around AI — even though they know it's an imperative. Why it matters: The...
Aug 23, 2023	The Pandemic Released a Stream of Money for Broadband. Will That Advance Digital Equity?	Chheng Tang, a parent of three teenage students and one preteen, has found the free internet she gets through her school both relieving and, in a way, unsettling. Tang now works part time as a tutor at DuPont Elementary, in Chattanooga, Ten...
Apr 12, 2022	Dr. Chad A. Stevens, Chief Strategy Officer of ParentSquare, is Re-Elected to CoSN Board of Directors	“CoSN has been an integral part of my edtech work in the public and private sector,” said Stevens. “I’m excited to continue my work with the CoSN board, but most excited to give back to CoSN and its community of education technology leaders...
Jul 21, 2021	Kajeet Expands Innovative Product Suite, Launches First Education-Focused Fixed Wireless Solution for Multi-Student Homes	“In our mission to close the homework gap, we recognize that connectivity is not a one-size-fits-all model, especially in homes with multiple students,” said Michael Flood, senior vice president and general manager of education at Kajeet. M...
Jun 21, 2021	Education and Industry Leaders Rethink Back-to-School Season at Inaugural Summit	With battle cries of “Digital on day one!,” districts launch into back-to-school planning around this time each year. But the pathway to a successful start to the new school year is littered with technical landmines. And they aren’t new pro...
May 11, 2021	This Tech Leader Uses One Platform to Solve Numerous Access Issues	Pete Just is the driving force behind a dizzying array of student-focused technology initiatives for both the state of Indiana and the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Wayne Township, where he is Chief Technology Officer. We needed a s...
Mar 15, 2021	4 Essential Steps to Secure Funding for Hybrid Classroom Technologies	The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are now using a hybrid classroom model, with some students attending virtually and others in person. In this situation, te...
Jun 23, 2020	SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences	What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate a...
Jan 23, 2020	Women in K-12 Technology Leadership Still Face Sexism. Now They’re Calling It Out.	Women make up the majority of the K-12 education workforce but are chronically underrepresented in leadership roles. That’s especially true in IT leadership, where women hold just about a third of all positions, according to recent survey d...
Jan 3, 2018	After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate	It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. I unde...
Oct 20, 2015	'Find Your Yoda' and Other Advice from Your School's Tech Department	People see you as THAT teacher. You love using technology to enhance learning for your students, and you're always ahead of the curve. You find webquests so 2004, and think QR codes are as old as the Dewey Decimal system. All the softw...
Mar 26, 2015	Here’s what it takes to run the Philadelphia School District’s IT network	There’s a lot of color in Scott Fry’s life. He’s the manager of network operations at the School District of Philadelphia, one of the country’s biggest school districts. And for all the budget battles and bureaucratic blockades, somebody ha...
Mar 24, 2015	Diffusing the Tension Between Tech and Instructional Leaders	One might expect bandwidth, data privacy and device rollouts to dominate discussions at this year’s Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) conference, where over 900 chief technology officers (CTO) and other administrators gathered. But ...
Mar 17, 2015	Must Do, Should Do, Can Wait to Do: Kickboard's Primer on Edtech Privacy and Security Best Practices	When I founded Kickboard several years ago, one of the first things I did was work with legal counsel to develop a privacy policy and terms of service for the company. Back in those days, the edtech ecosystem was dominated by the big player...
Nov 5, 2014	Take It From the Top: Making Superintendents 'Future Ready'	You’ve likely signed a pledge at some point. But have you ever followed through on it? Sometimes, it helps to have a little push. And right now, the U.S. Office of Educational Technology and the Department of Education (DOE) are outlining a...
Jun 20, 2014	Proposed E-Rate Reforms Raise Concerns, Uncertainty	On June 20, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Tom Wheeler shared his long-awaited proposal to reform E-rate, the federal program launched in 1996 that subsidizes telecommunication services for schools and libraries. And the ...
May 28, 2014	How Much It Will Cost to Connect (Almost) All Schools	How much will it cost to "Keep calm and connect all schools"? Try $3.2 billion. That's how much CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) and the EducationSuperHighway say it will cost to equip and update public K-12 schools�...
Mar 12, 2014	Think Before You Buy Edtech	News alert! Here's some breaking edtech news: There is no magic piece of technology or other silver bullet that will transform education; There is no laundry list of technologies that you should have in your school if you are trying to...
Mar 15, 2013	Top 5 Ways the British Are Winning the Edtech Export War	Intro At the BETT 2013 conference in London last month I wandered into a closed program, “Grow Your International Business: Meet the Buyers” organized by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) for British ICT firms. UKTI is roughly the equivalent...
Feb 1, 2012	How YouTube is Part of a Global Economic Transformation	The Internet may have grown up first in the United States, but it’s a global phenomenon now. The same can be said for the fast-growing body of educational content on the web. YouTube announced a new batch of partners that were added to its ...
	Tool: Data Privacy Help from CoSN	Advances in technology have increased the amount of data collected and the flow of information — not simply speed but availability. While these very advancements allow data to be used to personalize education, they also increase the risk th...
	Tool: Kit for Superintendents by CoSN	When a program works for a school system, it likely has the backing of a savvy superintendent. Superintendents want to be the kind of leader who boosts their staff and faculty and their districts.The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) ...

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FAQ about CoSN

When was CoSN founded?

CoSN was founded in 1992.

What has the press written about CoSN?

Parsers VC has collected 27 articles mentioning CoSN, among them “Tech Share LIVE! Returns to FETC, Plus Leadership Summits Debut at the 2026 Conference” (Oct 21, 2025) and “Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.” (Mar 27, 2025).

Is CoSN still active?

Yes, CoSN is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 27, 2026.