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What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part II

How 2026–27 district budgets are becoming procurement signals for vendor renewals, contract scrutiny, and the next cycle of K-12 buying.

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Jun 10, 2026

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Jun 10, 2026

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What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part II

How 2026–27 district budgets are becoming procurement signals for vendor renewals, contract scrutiny, and the next cycle of K-12 buying.

Jun 3, 2026

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9 min read

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part I

Recent 2026–27 district budgets show where school systems are cutting, consolidating, and drawing the line around essential services

Why Districts Are Creating Their Own Data Breach Risks

May 20, 2026

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Why Districts Are Creating Their Own Data Breach Risks

The PowerSchool breach exposed a deeper K-12 problem: districts are retaining decades of student data they no longer need, and expanding regulatory, financial, and cybersecurity risk.

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Finance & Budgets

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part II

How 2026–27 district budgets are becoming procurement signals for vendor renewals, contract scrutiny, and the next cycle of K-12 buying.

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part I

Recent 2026–27 district budgets show where school systems are cutting, consolidating, and drawing the line around essential services

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What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part II

Most Recent Content

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part II

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part I

Why Districts Are Creating Their Own Data Breach Risks

Learn More

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Policy & Politics

Did the viral neuroscientist video blame the wrong culprit?

What NYC’s Class Size Delay Really Tells Us

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Operations & Safety

Why Districts Are Creating Their Own Data Breach Risks

Why Districts Are Rewriting Gaggle Contracts

AI Vendors Are Getting Approved Without Real Oversight

Finance & Budgets

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part II

What Survives the K-12 Budget Reset, Part I

Instructure Needs Your Renewal More Than You Think

Talent & Staffing

Be Careful What You Cap

The New Superintendent Risk Metric

The January Decisions That Shape Spring Political Cover

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