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Company: PowerSchool
Company Description: PowerSchool is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Its mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their full potential, in their way. PowerSchool supports over 45 million students and 12,000+ districts, schools, and other education institutions in over 90 countries.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Education
Nomination Sub Category: Education Platform for PK-20
 Nomination Title: PowerSchool Overall
- 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
- 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.
- 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:
December 14, 2021
- 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):
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PowerSchool is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Every student deserves the best opportunities in life. That is why PowerSchool’s mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their potential, in their way. From the office to the classroom to the home, it helps schools and districts efficiently manage state reporting and related compliance, special education, finance, human resources, talent, registration, attendance, funding, learning, instruction, grading, assessments, and analytics in one unified platform.
PowerSchool has a robust offering of powerful unified administrative and operational solutions that work together to unlock student potential, including:
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Unified Administration: Streamlines district finance, payroll, and human resources processes, and provides real-time data.
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Unified Talent: Manages recruiting and hiring activities, personalized and seamless onboarding experiences, job descriptions, and teacher professional development.
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Unified Classroom: Eliminates tech silos and empowers teachers with personalized learning tools, including evidence-based Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) and social and emotional learning
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Student Information Systems and Enrollment: Powers school operations with innovative, scalable, secure technology.
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Unified Communities: Connects users and provides access to resources, courses, and training events.
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Unified Home: Improves parent engagement and student accountability with access to real-time student performance from the parent or student portal or PowerSchool Mobile.
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Unified Insights: Provides a fully comprehensive analytics platform with actionable insights across all key aspects of school and district operations.
PowerSchool supports over 45 million students globally and more than 13,000 customers, including over 90 of the top 100 districts by student enrollment in the United States, and sells solutions in over 90 countries.
- 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):
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PowerSchool boasts over 20 years of innovation, beginning with the first web-based student information system, through industry changing user interface and mobile apps, to its Unified Classroom. PowerSchool has a history of leading the education technology industry and delivers industry-first unified solutions that break down technology barriers for schools and districts, giving educators a complete set of tools to unlock student potential.
Education has been left behind in the era of digital transformation and now it has become clear how critical having a robust technology infrastructure is to continuity of operations and learning. PowerSchool is the most comprehensive mission critical software cloud-based solutions for the K-12 education market – improving education outcomes by helping its customers leverage rich data to deliver insights and analytics and provide unified experience and insights from the office to the classroom to every teacher and student.
It is vital to equip educators and students with the support and tools they need to increase their focus on whole-child instruction and improve outcomes for every student. Thanks to evolving technology, and PowerSchool’s vision to unify the systems teachers, students, and parents use every day, users get the data they need to personalize learning to support every child’s needs. “PowerSchool products are a powerfully interactive system that keeps track of everything— our finances, students, and personnel—all in a one-stop shop. The software keeps everyone more informed and gives us the tools to make better decisions,” Mack Johnson, Management Systems Administrator at Rose Tree Media School District in Pennsylvania said.
- 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):
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