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Small IT teams: How to scale support without adding staff

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By Carl Hooker, Dana Castine, Braden Herring
| District Administration Magazine Verified
Opinion By: Carl Hooker, Dana Castine and Braden Herring Date: August 3, 2026 Share post: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp In small school districts, IT teams are often built on ingenuity and held together by endurance. A team of one or two people is expected to manage thousands of devices, safeguard sensitive data, support instruction, and respond to issues at any hour. When something breaks, there’s no backup team waiting in the wings. For years, the answer has been simple: do more.
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From innovation to impact: Three ways school districts can build a sustainable AI framework

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By Carl Hooker, Amy Liang, Matt Holley
| eSchool News Verified
Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Key points: Becoming AI-ready requires mastering organizational habits, not algorithms AI in edtech: The 2026 efficacy imperative A new need-to-know for the AI classroom For more news on AI systems in districts, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub AI is here, and it’s moving fast.
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2025 Bold Predictions REVIEW

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By Carl Hooker
| Hooked on Innovation
After a dozen years of doing these bold predictions, one thing is always true…I’m wrong a lot. However, i will say you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take so I’ll continue to dredge forward in the years to come. (I’m already working on my 2026 list). A couple of things I couldn’t have predicted this year were the complete dismantling of the Department of Education (though I probably should have predicted this) or the rapid rise of the phrase “6-7” amongst all generation alpha kids.
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