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Why this exists
School technology coverage is not scarce. Coverage written for a one- to five-person shop is. Large-district CIO interviews, vendor product news, and classroom-app roundups do not tell you how to file Category 2, stand up MFA, and still answer the ticket queue.
The Maddux Report is a working briefing for technology teams in small and mid-sized U.S. schools — public districts, charter networks, and independent schools — generally under 15,000 students. Small means under 2,500. Mid-sized means 2,500 to 15,000.
The site lives at madduxreport.com. The name is meant to suggest control over velocity: most small systems do not need a bigger fastball. They need location, a plan, and fewer wasted motions. It is not affiliated with any baseball figure, betting site, or the former Tampa Bay business magazine of a similar name.
Publisher
The Maddux Report is a Maddux Group publication. Consulting lives at madduxgroup.co. The two sites are separate on purpose: this one is a briefing, that one is a practice. Editorial here is not a sales funnel. Paid work and vendor relationships will be labeled when they exist.
What we publish
- Original how-tos a small team can finish.
- Translated news: what a national story means if you do not have a SOC or a dedicated E-Rate clerk.
- Playbooks and templates you can copy into a board slide or a ticket queue.
- A curated shelf of official tools from CISA, CoSN, K12 SIX, USAC, and state networks.
Editorial rules
- Vendor relationships will be labeled. Comparisons will say what was tested and what was not.
- Official sources beat recaps. We point to USAC, CISA, and primary guidance and then translate.
- No classroom lesson-plan stream. Instructional tech appears only when it changes operations, privacy, or support load.
- Comments and a members’ community come later. The first job is useful publishing.
Who should write us
If you run technology in a small or mid-sized system and have a process that survived contact with reality — backups you actually restored, a device insurance letter parents pay for, a shared-services deal with an ESC or IU — we want the interview. Reach us through Maddux Group for now. A dedicated Report inbox and the Friday note come next; we will not point you at a form that does not deliver.