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3 Ways Lightspeed Analytics Informs Professional Development

Professional development is critical to ensuring teachers have the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to be successful, but it’s often difficult to pinpoint specific areas where teachers…

How Data Impacts Student Performance

Understanding how students are engaged with assigned learning activities and applications is more critical than ever.

Better Student Safety in 3 Steps

As devices proliferate across your district, protecting your community’s safety is becoming a more-than-full-time job—particularly when students so often use those devices off-campus.

How to Spot Warning Signs of Self-Harm and Violence in Your Students

More and more American K-12 students are engaging in acts of self-harm and violence.

5 Ways to Measure Learning Continuity and Engagement In and Out of the Building

No matter if your student is fully remote or part of a blended learning program, you still need to know what applications they are accessing and when they are accessing

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4 Ways Lightspeed Analytics™ Helps Discover Risks Outside Your SSO

Single sign-on (SSO) tools help education leaders manage the resources and applications that their district procures.

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4 Ways to Strengthen Your K-12 School’s Emergency Response Plan

On top of everything schools are grappling with, they’re also dealing with a sharp rise in school threats and disruptive student behavior.To combat this, some districts are bringing together…

Digital Citizenship Starts at Home

Citizenship lessons have long been a part of school curriculums, but now that so much social interaction and education happens online, it is imperative that schools also address digital citizenship.

7 Essential Features for Effective K-12 Web Filtering

Selecting a K-12 web filter for your district isn’t just about having a CIPA-compliant filter (though of course, that’s critical).