1、DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION2026 HURDLES ACCELERATORS TECH ENABLERS2 Driving K-12 Innovation 2026 CoSN CoSN is vendor neutral and does not endorse products or services.Any mention of a specific solution is for contextual purposes.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No

2、Derivatives 4.0 license.For more information please refer to the Creative Commons website,https:/creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.CoSN would like to thank the following sponsors for supporting this work:Driving K-12 Innovation 2026 CoSN 3 FOREWORDK-12 education is facing a pivotal moment.A

3、round the world,educators and education technology professionals are navigating rapid advancements in artificial intelligence(AI),intensifying cybersecurity threats,shifting workforce expectations,and evolving understandings of how students learn and demonstrate knowledge.This years Driving K-12 Inn

4、ovation initiatives Top Topics reflect these realities with clarity and urgency.While our 2026 Accelerators remain unchanged from those of 2025,the landscape around them has meaningfully shifted.Critical Media Literacy enters the Hurdles list for the first time,highlighting the global imperative for

5、 students to navigate AI-generated content,misinformation,and the blurred lines between fact and fabrication.Data&Information Visualization joins the Tech Enablers,signaling a growing recognition that making data usable and actionable is essential for equity and instructional decision-making.And,for

6、 the first time since 2020,Tools for Privacy&Safety Online returns as a Tech Enabler,underscoring how dramatically cyber risks and data governance needs have intensified.Designed to help schools around the world innovate with confidence into 2026 and beyond,this report offers grounded insights from