The threats are hitting K-12 networks every day and are now the main culprit in closures after several years of COVID shutdowns.

As the shady ransomware gang Vice Society took credit for a hack that sent Los Angeles school officials scrambling last week, cybersecurity experts noticed something peculiar. 

Big, bold ideas are critical to solving the "truly wicked problems" K-12 leaders face in getting their students, staff and schools back on track over the next several years.

"I firmly believe that if you do not meet violence with violence, you will be violently killed," said Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey.