The following is a carefully selected list of the best K-12 blogs for school leaders with a particular focus on school procurement and practical strategies for school purchasing, leadership, edtech purchasing, and school administration. The rapidly changing nature of school procurement, and the increasing demands on K-12 leaders to do more with less, requires school leaders to continually up their game by keeping a finger on the pulse of changes in K-12 procurement.
Best Blogs for School Leaders with a Focus on School Purchasing
- Teachers on Demand: School Procurement and Partnership Decisions
- Offers practical guidance on sourcing technology, instructional resources, professional development, and staffing for K-12 schools. The blog emphasizes efficiency, quality, and avoiding hidden costs in procurement decisions, making it highly relevant for procurement professionals in schools.
- ASCD Blog
- Covers a wide range of topics including curriculum, professional development, and technology use in schools. It’s a valuable resource for administrators who oversee procurement or want to align purchasing with instructional goals
- eSchool News
- Provides updates on edtech innovation, policy, funding, and management—key areas for leaders making procurement decisions.
- District Administration
- Focuses on school and district management, including procurement, budgeting, and best practices for administrators and school boards.
- EdSurge
- Delivers news and analysis on education technology, including procurement trends, product reviews, and implementation strategies for K-12 schools.
- Edutopia
- Shares evidence-based practices and stories of innovation, including technology adoption and resource allocation in schools.
- The Principal’s Office (NAESP)
- Offers insights on leadership and policy from the perspective of elementary school principals, often touching on resource management and procurement.
- A Principal’s Reflections
- Focuses on digital leadership, pedagogy, and transformative change, with occasional content on technology and resource procurement.
- Dangerously Irrelevant
- Explores K-12 technology leadership and future-focused school management, including procurement considerations for digital tools.
- The Compelled Educator
- Discusses leadership, innovation, and professional learning, with practical insights for school leaders managing resources.
- Everyday Principal
- Connects administrators with research and experiences, including operational topics relevant to procurement and resource allocation.
Best Podcasts for School Leaders with a Focus on School Purchasing
Note: All podcasts can be found on your favorite podcast streaming service or platform.
- Cooperatively Speaking (E&I Cooperative Services)
- Procurement in K-12 and higher education, with episodes dedicated to trends, cooperative purchasing, supplier diversity, and practical strategies for school procurement teams. This podcast features school procurement leaders and covers real-world challenges, cooperative contracts, and innovations tailored to educational institutions.
- Decisions That Matter: A Public Procurement Podcast
- While broadly about public procurement, it includes K-12 and higher education-specific episodes, such as live panels with education purchasers from school districts and state education departments. Offers in-depth discussions on buying cycles, trending goods and services, and challenges unique to the education sector.
- Spring Grove Schools Simplifies Purchasing
- Streamlining instructional resource purchasing in K-12, featuring a superintendent’s perspective on supporting teachers, improving efficiency, and reducing costs. Directly addresses the challenges and solutions for K-12 procurement, with actionable insights for school purchasing professionals.
Best Podcasts on General Public Procurement
Here are the top podcasts on public procurement, offering broad coverage of procurement trends, strategies, innovation, and public sector best practices—not limited to K-12 or education:
- Art of Procurement
- Widely regarded as the #1 procurement podcast, it explores strategy, innovation, and leadership in procurement globally, featuring top industry guests and actionable insights.
- Inside Public Procurement
- Dedicated to state and local government procurement in North America, with real stories, strategies, and interviews with frontline public procurement professionals.
- Decisions That Matter
- In-depth discussions with public sector procurement leaders and subject matter experts on pressing topics, including innovation and digital transformation.
- NASPO Pulse
- Produced by the National Association of State Procurement Officials, this podcast covers emerging public procurement issues and features diverse perspectives from the field.
- Public Procurement Change Agents
- Focuses on public procurement across state, local, and education sectors in North America, with expert interviews and real-world advice.
- The Procurement Show
- Tackles hot topics in procurement, including negotiation, digital transformation, and supply chain resilience, with engaging storytelling
- CIPS Procurement and Supply Podcast
- Offers global procurement knowledge and insights from the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, including trends, challenges, and solutions.
- Powering Procurement Podcast
- Explores AI, digital technologies, and data-driven decision-making in procurement, with actionable strategies for public sector professionals.
- Love Procurement
- Lively discussions and stories from procurement experts, making procurement topics accessible and engaging.
- Government Procurement Innovations
- Focuses on making public procurement more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive, with technology-driven strategies.
- Procurement Matters
- Covers hot topics such as ESG, supply chain resilience, and digital transformation in procurement.
- SR Strategic Sourcing Podcast
- Practical discussions on procurement and supply chain, sharing knowledge and efficiency strategies across sectors.
Leslie Stebbins is the director of Research4Ed. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in higher education and K-12 learning and instructional design. She has an M.Ed. from the Technology Innovation & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Simmons College.
