Better pay, community support and empathy from district leadership are among the main changes teachers say they require in order to stay in the profession.

"The secret is out: K12s are a target-rich and resource-poor sector," says TJ Sayers, cyber threat intelligence manager at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). "Maintaining complete, secured, and offline backups is the single-most effective way to recover from most attacks, including ransomware."

With a shortage of school counselors and incidents of self-harm and violence toward others surging this past year, districts are turning toward online monitoring services that can help administrators stay ahead of the curve.

Data from the K12 School Shooting Database reveals that there have already been at least 25 shootings on a K12 campus since 2023 has begun.