PowerSchool Joins UNESCO Global Education Coalition to Support the Digital Transformation of Education Worldwide
07 Februar 2024 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
As part of the Global Education Coalition,
PowerSchool will also support the Digital Transformation
Collaborative
PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based
software for K-12 education in North America, today announced it
has joined UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition. The Coalition,
established in March 2020 in response to the global COVID-19
pandemic and the amplified inequities in education it revealed,
brings together 200 members to provide expertise, strategic
direction, resources, and leadership to keep learning going and
leave no student behind.
“We're proud to join UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition and
support their mission to protect the right to education and keep
learning going during times of unprecedented disruption,” said
Stewart Monk, Senior Vice President & General Manager,
International at PowerSchool. “At PowerSchool, we envision a future
in which every classroom teacher, administrator, principal, and
counselor has easy access to the data and information they need,
clearly conveyed through AI-powered tools, and tailored to their
individual role. We understand the tremendous impact this Coalition
has on global education and look forward to continuing the change
PowerSchool strives to create for educators and students across the
world.”
This partnership aligns with PowerSchool’s mission to support
educators, administrators, and families to help students learn in a
way that’s right for them. PowerSchool supports every step of the
learning journey so students can succeed in their own way by
connecting the information educators need to see the full picture
of every student’s unique needs and bringing the best of K-12
educational and operational technology together to make it easier
to create and deliver an experience designed for each student.
Through the Digital Transformation Collaborative, PowerSchool
will continue to support the digital transformation of education by
building systems that can quickly adapt to meet the skills required
of tomorrow’s workforce. PowerSchool will support the Coalition’s
objective to provide sustainable, scalable digital transformation
in education through offering our expertise, training, and
technology.
"We are pleased to welcome PowerSchool to the Coalition, and we
look forward to working with their team of education data experts
to support countries to leverage digital technologies and data
solutions to improve education quality and equity," said Borhene
Chakroun, Director of the Division for Policies and Lifelong
Learning Systems, UNESCO.
The Global Education Coalition is currently involved in over 200
projects across more than 100 countries, impacting 400 million
learners and 12 million teachers. Supporting over 50 million
students in more than 90 countries, PowerSchool is a trusted
partner with nearly three decades of experience providing the
best-in-class software education institutions need to be supported
in all critical aspects of education today.
About PowerSchool
PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC) 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 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. PowerSchool
supports over 50 million students in more than 90 countries and
over 16,000 customers, including more than 90 of the top 100
districts by student enrollment in the United States. Learn more at
www.powerschool.com.
About UNESCO
UNESCO is the only United Nations agency with a mandate to cover
all aspects of education. The organization believes that education
is a human right for all throughout life and that access must be
matched by quality. Its work encompasses educational development
from pre-school to higher education and beyond. Themes include
global citizenship and sustainable development, human rights and
gender equality, health and HIV and AIDS, as well as technical and
vocational skills development. UNESCO's mission in education is to
lead and coordinate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4
(SDG4) at global and regional levels and to provide technical
assistance and capacity development to accelerate progress at
country level. https://en.unesco.org/themes/education
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