Research & Forecasts


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Teacher Workload and Staff Vacancies Remain Top Challenges for Schools

Cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool recently released its 2026 K-12 EdTech Pulse report, a national survey of more than 1,300 educators and administrators conducted in collaboration with Project Tomorrow.

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Report: AI Adoption Surging, while Infrastructure and Language Gaps Persist

Artificial intelligence may be spreading faster than previous waves of consumer tech, but a recent report from Microsoft's AI Economy Institute suggests its benefits are concentrating in a relatively small set of countries, with infrastructure and language emerging as major dividing lines.

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Report: Encryptionless Extortion on the Rise as Ransomware Groups Shift Tactics

Ransomware attacks continued to climb in 2025 as attackers increasingly timed operations around year-end staffing gaps and shifted away from traditional file encryption, according to a new report from NordStellar.

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Report: Ransomware Attacks Plateau in Education Sector, While Third-Party Risks Loom Large

Ransomware attacks across the globe increased by 32% in 2025 — but in the education sector, attacks appeared to plateau, according to the latest research from Comparitech.

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NWEA Report Offers Natural Disaster Recovery Strategies

The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), a K–12 assessment and research organization, recently announced the release of a new playbook for schools and communities recovering from extreme weather events.

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Education's AI Safety Blind Spot: Only 6% of Student-Facing Systems Are Tested

Many education institutions have a troubling gap in AI security: AI systems affecting students, including minors, deployed without adversarial testing to identify vulnerabilities before attackers or unintended behaviors cause harm.

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CoSN Announces 2026 Top Topics in K-12 Innovation

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has released an advance look at its 2026 "top topics" driving innovation in K-12 education.

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Report: Cyber Attackers Are Fully Embracing AI

According to Google Cloud's 2026 Cybersecurity Forecast, AI will become standard for both cyber attackers and defenders, with threats expanding to virtualization systems, blockchain networks, and nation-state operations.

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95% of IT Leaders Encounter Unexpected Cloud Storage Costs

A recent report from Backblaze found nearly all large organizations face hidden cloud storage charges that limit flexibility and drive data lock-in.

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Report: Organizations Face Obstacles to Cloud Infrastructure Readiness in the Face of Increase in AI-Driven Workloads

Enterprise cloud teams face barriers to scaling and resilience as AI-driven workloads surge, according to a new report from ControlMonkey.