Cameras may have been installed years ago. Access control came later. Different schools may use different manufacturers. Sensors, intercoms, analytics, and other tools were added as needs and budgets changed.
If he had asked me exactly how much time students spent on screens across every class, every school, every day, I couldn't have told him. Almost no district in America could.
"It's never crowded when you go the extra mile," Superintendent Zandra Jo Galván tells host Amy Dujon on the latest episode of DA's "A Good Lesson" podcast.
Every year brings another measurement, another rating, another adjustment to the rules. The goalposts seem to shift just as people begin understanding where they were headed.
IT work isn't really about devices or software or networks. It's about protecting instructional time. It's about ensuring access. It's about creating environments where students and teachers can rely on the systems around them.
