482 PowerSchool Testimonials

“PowerSchool works well in Ontario. The company has demonstrated the ability to invest and enhance the product to the level a current SIS needs to be in this day and age. The enhancements to the system are much appreciated. Keep up the great work!”

“There were a lot of inconsistencies in response to behavior infractions across our five campuses. We didn’t have a network-wide system to capture and analyze social emotional and academic data. These inconsistencies led to our families and students having different experiences across our network.”

“I’ve interacted with PowerSchool SIS for a long time, and I’ve always liked it because it’s very customizable and flexible.”

“We all know that the devices are the easy part but changing learning and teaching in our classrooms is a much more complex process. The Schoology Blended Learning PD Program has been fantastic in providing our teachers a pedagogical approach in utilizing the strong features in Schoology. Our Blended Learning Cohort teachers are applying their learning immediately, sharing their learning and successes with their peers, and building momentum and excitement among their colleagues who now want to begin the program. Teachers in the cohort commonly share that they enjoy the sessions and find it among the best professional development they have experienced.”

“If we miss one student [in a state report] it could mean $100,000 gone in state funds for an intensive special education student. So if we miss a couple of our 2,000 kids, we’re just out of luck. We still have to provide the services, but without the funding.”

“It’s critical to have a strong product for school registration where they feel like they can get in and it’s really intuitive."

“The biggest issue was that it was very difficult to track what happened. Any time you use paper, it could get lost, or if it was updated, not everyone would have the most current version. It just left too much room for error.”

“We created categories as a way for students in K-12 to answer questions that allowed us to learn about them as people—categories like interests, passions, and talents.”

“It really was so much extra work for our front-office staff and data accuracy was also a problem, with our staff having to decipher penmanship and go back multiple times to ensure accuracy.”

“The feedback has been so positive. I couldn’t imagine doing it without PowerSchool. I just can’t believe people still do pen and paper to enroll kids.”

“Our principals really wanted an easy way to see professional development plans in a calendar view, but it just wasn’t easy for them to do that with our old system.”

“Schoology is available to students 24/7,” says Keith. “With Schoology, they can delve deeper into content faster and easier than they could have before. Schoology has had a huge impact on our students compared to other technologies. The device doesn’t matter. Students can access Schoology wherever they are on whatever devices they have—laptop, desktop, iPad, or even smartphone. It extends learning.”

“Once you build your core with PowerSchool SIS. Performance Matters is where the glitz is and where the data becomes more powerful. Our sales rep set up a demo of Performance Matters, and I was sold in 30 seconds.”

“We expect students to embrace the digital transformation—every classroom is a fully integrated digital environment—and we expect teachers and leaders to take on the digital transformation, too. We’ve marginalized the use of paper, and teachers are now able—with the documents they’re uploading and sharing with us from the privacy of their own homes or other collaboration time—to get the feedback they want so they can grow as educators.”

“It’s made our administrators’ lives a lot easier. Our tracking system is working very well, and I’ve heard no negatives from principals or our teachers association. With an electronic system, teachers and principals have everything they need at their fingertips, so they can grow and reflect. And it keeps everybody honest.”