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Title: 2025 State EdTech Trends Report
Language: English
Authors: Keith Lee, Evo Popoff, David Walker, Whiteboard Advisors (W/A), State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)
Source: State Educational Technology Directors Association. 2025.
Availability: State Educational Technology Directors Association. P.O. Box 10, Glen Burnie, MD 21060. Tel: 410-757-3342; e-mail: setda@setda.org; Web site: http://www.setda.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 26
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Educational Planning, Statewide Planning, State Departments of Education, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Innovation, Technology Integration, Educational Finance, State Aid, Federal Aid, Investment, Handheld Devices, Computer Use, Digital Literacy, Professional Development, Computer Security, Internet, Information Security, Access to Education
Abstract: The 2025 State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) State EdTech Trends Survey explores how the systems, infrastructure, and staffing that digital learning depends on will be sustained, how new flexibilities in federal formula and discretionary funding can be leveraged, what edtech tools are essential, and how to balance innovation with equity, security, privacy, and student well-being. Drawing on responses from state chiefs, chief information officers, edtech directors, and other state education agency (SEA) leaders, this report provides insight into how states are planning for and adapting to a K-12 system where technology is both foundational and fast-evolving. As K-12 education has evolved, so, too, has the survey. This year's survey and report feature new questions reflecting changing times and emerging areas of interest, such as examining how states are responding to district- and state-level proposals to restrict or ban student device use in classrooms. Artificial intelligence (AI) also plays a more central role in this year's report. In a significant shift, AI now tops the list of state edtech priorities--surpassing cybersecurity for the first time. This report takes a closer look at steps state leaders are taking to begin building guardrails and supports to ensure the effective and ethical use of AI tools in schools. The survey responses--and the state spotlights in this report--demonstrate the ways that states continue to evolve and reinvent themselves to address today's challenges.
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