Lorena Mercer

School districts can navigate federal, state, and private EdTech grants strategically.

Schools deploy AI tutoring tools without IRB review that universities would require.

Schools now must choose among competing frameworks to teach AI as a core skill, not an afterthought.

Regulatory failures at student data vendors are now treated as criminal negligence.

Vendors must identify CUI categories in their systems to activate the right compliance controls.

LTI 1.3 replaces outdated security with modern protocols, but requires rebuilding integrations.

Schools need degree audit systems integrated with their LMS to stop losing students to bad data.

Districts can sync rosters and grades across their major platforms using unified API standards.

EdTech platforms handling federal research data face compliance obligations they may not know exist.

Most EdTech API tests miss defects by ignoring standards compliance.

SAML handles legacy campus trust; OIDC powers modern apps—here's where each belongs.

Schools must map their vendor ecosystem before a breach hits, not during one.

Districts grant thousands of apps sweeping permissions they never audit or revoke.

Schools must verify vendors meet four strict conditions, not just promise they do.