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To match that leadership, we must ensure cybersecurity is funded as critical infrastructure. Protecting our students’ data and our instructional time requires a statewide commitment, not just local resolve.”  \nLori Gracey  \nExecutive Director, TCEA  \nIntroduction  \nIn this highly dynamic education environment, today’s K-12 technology leaders need be both nimble and adaptive. Nimble to address changing expectations from leadership and stakeholders about the role of traditional technologies within learning (i.e. , online curriculum, student devices, social media); adaptive to understanding how to effectively evaluate and implement emerging technologies to better meet their district vision for learning in 2025 and beyond (i.e., Generative AI, immersive technologies, robotics) . In both contexts, cybersecurity and in particular data protection and privacy continue to be critical issues within schools and districts today. Understanding how educational technology leaders across Texas are meeting the need to be nimble and adaptive regarding cybersecurity determines the strength of protection for private data and operational continuity.  \nCentral to this reality is an increasing tension for K-12 technology leaders: How to effectively leverage both traditional and emerging technologies to support student learning and future-ready skill development while at the same time being strategic and forward thinking about what is required to protect district infrastructure and digital assets from nefarious actors with bad intentions. As noted by many Chief Information Officers nationwide, the solution to this tension is not a quick technical fix or new product implementation. Rather, what is needed today is a new type of K-12 technology leadership that understands both the technical and human sides of today’s digital landscape.  \nSince 2017, Project Tomorrow® has been collecting and sharing the views of K-12 leaders about cybersecurity issues through our annual Speak Up® Research Project. For the past six years, we have collaborated with iboss on a highly targeted study that examines the state of K-12 cybersecurity awareness and preparation in our nation’s school districts from the perspective of technology leadership supplemented with state specific analysis. The findings from this research regularly inform the policies and initiatives of K-12 school districts nationwide. In addition to polling technology leadership nationwide, Project Tomorrow partnered with the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA)™, the nonprofit membership association supporting educators in the best practices of using educational technology in Texas and beyond, to collect key views and ideas from Texas educational leaders about cybersecurity.  \nTexas’s K-12 technology leaders understand what is at stake today with cybersecurity. According to the latest Project Tomorrow research, more than three-quarters of Texas K-12 district leaders (79%) say  \n© PROJECT TOMORROW 2025  1   \nthat addressing cyber threats and protecting district assets is their single most challenging issue today. District leaders (64%) in the state identify establishing and enforcing Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) policies and guidelines as their second most important challenge. These top two challenges are inevitably linked. When asked about current risks for a cyberattack, 96% of Texas district leaders said they believe that K-12 schools and districts are at a higher risk today than ever before. The potential use of AI within cyberattacks ","cbCaikyM5iGRGQjL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikyM5iGRGQjL","pdf",1755773,16,"English","# Introduction\n## Cybersecurity urgency and leadership challenges in Texas K-12\n## Research background and collaboration\n## Key challenges and risk perceptions\n## Report focus: change over time and AI impact\n## Five cybersecurity realities and leadership imperatives","[{\"question\":\"Why does the report emphasize cybersecurity leadership for Texas K-12 districts?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that districts must balance traditional and emerging technologies with strategic protection of infrastructure and digital assets. 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