Schools and districts need a learning management system, or LMS, but it can be tough to choose among them. It can also be tough to complete tasks within them! Between extra logins, multiple screens, handling student questions and more, you need an LMS that gets ahead of these challenges with a clean interface and personalized workflows. After all, we know that an LMS is more than just software; it is the framework we use to connect individuals with each other for the sake of effective learning.
In this article, we highlight key differences that set PowerSchool Schoology Learning apart. Here’s a spoiler: it was built specifically for the needs of K-12 learners and leaders. And only Schoology has future-forward tools that personalize education for every journey.
5 Key Benefits of Choosing Schoology in 2024
Our growing family of PowerSchool products now includes SIS, Schoology Learning, Naviance CCLR, and Special Programs. I love how easily the information integrates and the ability to customize the SIS.
Dr. Carmen Lagalante Director of Educational Technology
JSerra Catholic High School
1. Schoology Integrates with PowerSchool Systems
Schoology integrates with attendance and standards-based grade passback into PowerSchool SIS. This popular function allows schools, students, teachers, and families to get a fuller picture of a student’s assignments and progress.
Teachers, in particular, can save time with another notable Schoology integration with Performance Matters, the leading student assessment software that offers a holistic view of student educational gaps, helping teachers work with greater efficacy and student success.
Together, PowerSchool’s interoperable systems offer a clear and data-rich snapshot of each student’s progress.
Finally, cybersecurity cannot be overlooked in any conversation about interoperability. When a district’s SIS, LMS, behavior tracking, curricular content, and other systems are disparate, this creates more passwords and systems that enlarge the target for cyberattacks.
PowerSchool was one of the first software companies to sign the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s pledge to design products with greater security, and CEO Hardeep Gulati has spoken to great extent on the topic, including speaking in First Lady Jill Biden’s cybersecurity summit at the White House in August 2023.
2. Schoology Personalizes Learning
With Schoology, teachers and administrators can embed standards tracking into assignments and view mastery dashboards without purchasing additional products. This data can help guide teachers as they plan classroom and individual instruction, with or without the addition of AI-bolstered learning journeys. School leaders can use this data to help inform school and district procedures while also providing families with a current snapshot of their child’s growth.
Schoology also offers communication tools for working groups like staff PLC teams—and the software offers personalized PD (personal development) training for teachers, according to their needs and individual interests.
Schoology has been an invaluable tool to support our district goal to expand the implementation of personalized learning for students and continue to develop ways to personalize instruction to meet the unique needs, abilities, and interests of all of our students, families, and staff. We used Schoology not only for student courses/content, but also to create online modules course for teachers, student grade-level groups, and as a platform for our online school.
Rachel Studnicka Instructional Technology Coach
Minnetonka School District 276
3. Schoology Streamlines Family and Student Engagement
On average, students use 143 edtech tools each month, and teachers are using about 148 tools monthly. Even the most engaged families cannot keep up with student work at this rate. But, they could. As PowerSchool builds in more integrations with Schoology, more tasks will be able to take place on a single screen, smoothing the path toward a stronger family-school connection.
Studies, including reports from the CDC and ADA (among others) show that parent/guardian engagement is linked to higher academic achievement, better behavior, increased motivation, and stronger social skills. The same is true for students. PowerSchool is on the frontlines of forward-thinking improvements to education technology, and we envision a future where students and families can view schedules, activities, and notes from extracurricular clubs and activities all in one place.
Apart from equipping families and students, Schoology has built-in communications tools for supportive groups such as PTO/PTAs, athletic booster programs, school volunteers, and the like. These communications help remove barriers from parents and guardians who want to engage but simply cannot keep up.
Schoology is also set up with separate accounts for parents/guardians and students, making it easier for engagement at home and between parents and teachers.
Eight years into our 1:1 program, we were really struggling with having too many ways for students to hand in homework. We really needed a solution that would allow our students to be able to have a consistent way to do their work. So, after much investigation we chose to go with Schoology. Schoology has helped us streamline our courses so that every student has the same experience in every classroom. They know where to go to get their homework and they know where to turn things in.
Jeremy Mahoney Director of Instructional Technology
Springfield Platteview Community Schools, NE
4. Schoology Adapts for Younger Students with Built-In Features
Schoology Learning has unique user interfaces for younger learners and older learners, which is yet another benefit of using a solution that was created specifically for K-12 schools. Schoology can also simplify the assignment workflow for younger students so they can focus more on their learning and engagement as opposed to worrying about the submission process.
For us, PowerSchool is setting the stage for the next level of innovation, student support, and classroom achievement.
Sean Coffron Instructional Technology Training Specialist
Manassas City School Board
The Bottom Line: PowerSchool Schoology Learning is the LMS for The Future of Education
As we look to the future of education, PowerSchool Schoology Learning is ready to support all K-12 grade levels across various school sizes, operations, and organizations—nationwide and globally. We remain invested in challenges like cybersafety and forward-thinking about what is to come for AI, ML, streamlined family engagement, and other developments in education.
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