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 Nomination Title: PowerSchool
- 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
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- 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
- 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. 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.
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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:
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Student Information Cloud: a comprehensive cloud-hosted solution for student information, enrollment, data management, and special programs.
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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.
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Educator Effectiveness Cloud: integrated tools to transform real-time observation data into personalized goals and professional development recommendations for educators.
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HR & ERP Cloud: an integrated solution that modernizes and enhances both financial management and HR processes.
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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.
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College, Career, and Life Readiness Cloud: empowers students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to excel in their educational journey and beyond.
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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
- 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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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.”
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“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.”
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For full product and solution overviews, including customer statistics and testimonials, see the PowerSchool corporate brochure (attached).
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To better understand how educators and district administrators plan to navigate the seismic shifts and trends shaping this school year, including AI, personalized learning, and transforming the student experience with data, PowerSchool had in-depth conversations with over 70 practitioners and leaders and conducted a national survey of more than 1,7500 educators. Key insights from this research were compiled into the 2023 Education Focus Report: https://www.powerschool.com/edtech-focus-report-2023/ This report is just one way that PowerSchool understands the current education landscape, the needs of educators, and how to best support them.
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For PowerSchool’s financial standing, including context on overall company performance and market performance, refer to the Q3 and Q4 + EOY 2023 financial results press releases: https://investors.powerschool.com/news/news-details/2023/PowerSchool-Announces-Third-Quarter-2023-Financial-Results/default.aspx and https://investors.powerschool.com/news/news-details/2024/PowerSchool-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2023-Financial-Results/default.aspx
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For an overview of PowerSchool’s AI and personalized education journey, see recent PowerBuddy launch press release (https://www.powerschool.com/news/powerschool-delivers-most-comprehensive-ai-ecosystem-for-personalized-education-with-launch-of-powerschool-powerbuddy-an-ai-assistant-for-everyone-in-education/), blog from CEO Hardeep Gulati regarding personalized education as a new era of learning (https://www.powerschool.com/blog/power-of-personalization-in-education/), and blog from Chief Product and Innovation Officer Shivani Stumpf on PowerBuddy (https://www.powerschool.com/blog/transforming-education-with-responsible-ai-introducing-an-ai-assistant-for-every-student-teacher-parent-and-administrator/).
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For PowerSchool’s commitment to responsible use of AI, see our blog discussing the ethics of AI in edtech: https://www.powerschool.com/blog/the-ethics-of-ai-in-edtech/ To learn how PowerSchool is supporting teaching and learning in the 2023-24 school year, ssee this blog from CEO Hardeep Gulati: https://www.powerschol.com/blog/back-to-school-focusing-on-every-student/
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