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PowerSchool, Folsom, California, United States: PowerSchool: Personalized Education for Every Journey

Company: PowerSchool, Folsom CA
Nomination Submitted by: WE Worldwide
Company Description: PowerSchool, a top K-12 education software provider in North America, aims to personalize education for every student. It offers award-winning products like Schoology Learning and Naviance CCLR, connecting central offices, classrooms, and homes. With end-to-end solutions, it securely manages student data, enrollment, grades, HR, special education, and more, fostering college and career readiness.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Education
Nomination Sub Category: Education Platform for PK-20
2024 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: PowerSchool
  1. Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
    Written answers to the questions
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.

  3. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:

    January 23, 2024

  4. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):

    Total 300 words used.

    • PowerSchool is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Its mission is to empower educators, administrators, and families to ensure personalized education for every student's journey. PowerSchool offers end-to-end product clouds that connect the central office to the classroom to the home with award-winning products including Schoology Learning and Naviance CCLR, so school districts can securely manage student data, enrollment, attendance, grades, instruction, assessments, human resources, talent, professional development, special education, data analytics and insights, communications, and college and career readiness. 

    • In 2023, PowerSchool introduced PowerSchool Clouds, tailor made solutions built for specific roles that can help solve their challenges while increasing security and saving time. The Clouds include the following: 

    • Student Information Cloud: a comprehensive cloud-hosted solution for student information, enrollment, data management, and special programs. 

    • Personalized Learning Cloud: offers a comprehensive set of assessment, curriculum, learning management, and instructional content that enables teachers to create customized learning experiences for every student. 

    • Educator Effectiveness Cloud: integrated tools to transform real-time observation data into personalized goals and professional development recommendations for educators.  

    • HR & ERP Cloud: an integrated solution that modernizes and enhances both financial management and HR processes. 

    • Student Success Cloud: provides the complete support students need to reach their potential. From addressing chronic absenteeism, to promoting positive behavior, to assigning and monitoring comprehensive multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), this Cloud is designed to help educators better meet students’ unique needs. 

    • College, Career, and Life Readiness Cloud: empowers students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to excel in their educational journey and beyond. 

    • In 2023, PowerSchool also launched AI-powered features to its platform with the addition of generative AI to PowerSchool’s Performance Matters and PowerSchool’s LearningNav solutions. In 2024, PowerSchool announced the next evolution of its platform with the launch of PowerSchool

  5. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):

    Total 349 words used.

    • Since becoming one of the first edtech companies to IPO in 2021 and celebrating 25 years as a company in 2022, PowerSchool has continued to invest in innovation, provide superior support to customers, and support the critical needs of schools, districts, and users. The education industry is in the early stages of digital transformation, which will drive efficiencies for administrators, empower educators, unlock student potential, and contribute to a quality of education that is so vital to society. PowerSchool is focused on leading that transformation. 

    • PowerSchool brings together data and people from across all areas in the education ecosystem to support personalized education. Only PowerSchool provides a comprehensive suite of solutions with deepening integration that districts need to maintain a single source of record with built-in data intelligence to better support students and staff. 

    • PowerSchool has invested 25+ years in building and maintaining its solutions, which represent industry-leading innovation made possible by relationships and open dialogue with educators and district leaders. PowerSchool helps districts address challenges they face today by offering solutions that provide deeper, actionable insights. PowerSchool is dedicated to continuing to meet educators’ and education leaders’ needs and set them up for a successful future. 

    • “PowerSchool is revolutionizing education on a global scale by leveraging AI designed specifically for K-12 education to empower our teachers and staff to change lives by helping young people design their future,” said Fr. Jose Alarico Carvalho, Director of Father Agnel School in India. “This AI-powered assistant will invigorate learning, foster collaboration and efficiency in ways we haven‘t seen before. Our school has always pioneered change and I’m excited to partner with PowerSchool on this transformative endeavor.” 

    • “PowerSchool played a key part in running our district’s operations for 20+ years, and we invest in its product portfolio thanks to the increasing capabilities it provides our staff,” said Tony Campbell, Director of Learning Technologies, Washington County School District. “PowerSchool continues to exceed our expectations regarding how education technology partnerships strengthen and support our overall work as a school district, and we look forward to continuing to work with them.”

  6. You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):

    Total 247 words used.

Attachments/Videos/Links:
PowerSchool
PDF Corporate_Brochure_2024_V1.pdf
URL PowerSchool's commitment to protecting student data blog
URL PowerSchool's Mission to Personalize Education for Every Student