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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
PowerSchool Honored as Gold Stevie® Award Winner in 2025 American Business Awards®
FOLSOM, Calif., May 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool, a leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, has been named a Gold Stevie® Award winner in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech category in the 23rd Annual American Business Awards®. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. PowerSchool earned the honor for PowerBuddy™, its secure, AI-powered assistant, designed to support teachers, students, families, and administrators. PowerBuddy personalizes learning, simplifies data analysis, and improves operational efficiency across PowerSchool's suite of solutions. Built with Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Services and grounded in PowerSchool's Responsible AI principles, PowerBuddy supports individualized learning by securely analyzing student data and delivering actionable insights. Embedded across PowerSchool products like Schoology Learning, Naviance CCLR, and Performance Matters, PowerBuddy has already powered over 30,000 study sessions, generated 15,000 test items, and supported more than 12,000 college and career readiness activities for students worldwide. More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. PowerSchool was nominated in the education category for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech. "Organizations across the United States continue to demonstrate resilience and innovation," said Stevie Awards president Maggie Miller. "The 2025 Stevie winners have helped drive that success through their innovation, persistence, and hard work. We congratulate all of the winners in the 2025 ABAs and look forward to celebrating their achievements during our June 10 gala event in New York." About the Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at About PowerSchool PowerSchool is a 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 60 million students in more than 90 countries and over 18,000 customers, including more than 90 of the top 100 districts by student enrollment in the United States. © PowerSchool. PowerSchool and other PowerSchool marks are trademarks of PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. or its subsidiaries. ** Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. View source version on Contacts Media ContactWe. Communications for PowerSchoolWE-PowerSchool@ (503) 443-7155
CBC
3 days ago
- Politics
- CBC
N.L. privacy commissioner investigating government response to school cyberattack
The province's information and privacy commissioner is investigating a security breach that saw hackers steal the private information of nearly 300,000 current and former students and teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador. In a news release sent Friday afternoon, Privacy Commissioner Kerry Hatfield said part of that investigation will look at whether the Education Department has taken enough action in the wake of the PowerSchool attack to make sure it doesn't happen again. "Before launching this investigation I felt it was appropriate to give the department sufficient time to assess the impact of the breach, notify those who were impacted, and take steps to adjust its policies and practices," she said in the release. "It has now had ample opportunity to do so." The late-December cyberattack struck PowerSchool, the data management software used by the English, French and Indigenous school systems — along with other school districts across North America. According to the Education Department, on Dec. 28 hackers stole the information of approximately 271,000 students and 14,400 teachers across Newfoundland and Labrador's English, French, and Indigenous school systems. The stolen data includes contact information, date of birth, MCP numbers, medical alert information, custodial alert information, some social insurance numbers and other related information. Some of that data dates back to 1995. The department said about 75 per cent of the stolen student data belongs to people who are no longer in the K-12 system. The company offered two years of free identity and credit monitoring to any of the victims, and has since hired Experian and TransUnion to provide those services. "The purpose of my investigation is not only to assess whether the department has responded adequately to the breach, but also to ensure that measures taken by the department to prevent future occurrences of this nature are sufficient," said Hatfield. "People have a right to expect that when a public body collects their sensitive personal information that it will do so in accordance with the law."
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
PowerSchool Honored as Gold Stevie® Award Winner in 2025 American Business Awards®
FOLSOM, Calif., May 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool, a leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, has been named a Gold Stevie® Award winner in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech category in the 23rd Annual American Business Awards®. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. PowerSchool earned the honor for PowerBuddy™, its secure, AI-powered assistant, designed to support teachers, students, families, and administrators. PowerBuddy personalizes learning, simplifies data analysis, and improves operational efficiency across PowerSchool's suite of solutions. Built with Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Services and grounded in PowerSchool's Responsible AI principles, PowerBuddy supports individualized learning by securely analyzing student data and delivering actionable insights. Embedded across PowerSchool products like Schoology Learning, Naviance CCLR, and Performance Matters, PowerBuddy has already powered over 30,000 study sessions, generated 15,000 test items, and supported more than 12,000 college and career readiness activities for students worldwide. More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. PowerSchool was nominated in the education category for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech. "Organizations across the United States continue to demonstrate resilience and innovation," said Stevie Awards president Maggie Miller. "The 2025 Stevie winners have helped drive that success through their innovation, persistence, and hard work. We congratulate all of the winners in the 2025 ABAs and look forward to celebrating their achievements during our June 10 gala event in New York." About the Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at About PowerSchool PowerSchool is a 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 60 million students in more than 90 countries and over 18,000 customers, including more than 90 of the top 100 districts by student enrollment in the United States. © PowerSchool. PowerSchool and other PowerSchool marks are trademarks of PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. or its subsidiaries. ** Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. View source version on Contacts Media ContactWe. Communications for PowerSchoolWE-PowerSchool@ (503) 443-7155 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
PowerSchool Honored as Gold Stevie® Award Winner in 2025 American Business Awards®
FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PowerSchool, a leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, has been named a Gold Stevie® Award winner in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech category in the 23 rd Annual American Business Awards ®. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. PowerSchool earned the honor for PowerBuddy™, its secure, AI-powered assistant, designed to support teachers, students, families, and administrators. PowerBuddy personalizes learning, simplifies data analysis, and improves operational efficiency across PowerSchool's suite of solutions. Built with Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Services and grounded in PowerSchool's Responsible AI principles, PowerBuddy supports individualized learning by securely analyzing student data and delivering actionable insights. Embedded across PowerSchool products like Schoology Learning, Naviance CCLR, and Performance Matters, PowerBuddy has already powered over 30,000 study sessions, generated 15,000 test items, and supported more than 12,000 college and career readiness activities for students worldwide. More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. PowerSchool was nominated in the education category for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech. 'Organizations across the United States continue to demonstrate resilience and innovation,' said Stevie Awards president Maggie Miller. 'The 2025 Stevie winners have helped drive that success through their innovation, persistence, and hard work. We congratulate all of the winners in the 2025 ABAs and look forward to celebrating their achievements during our June 10 gala event in New York.' About the Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at About PowerSchool PowerSchool is a 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 60 million students in more than 90 countries and over 18,000 customers, including more than 90 of the top 100 districts by student enrollment in the United States. © PowerSchool. PowerSchool and other PowerSchool marks are trademarks of PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. or its subsidiaries. ** Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
N.L. privacy commissioner investigating government response to school cyberattack
The province's information and privacy commissioner is investigating a security breach that saw hackers steal the private information of nearly 300,000 current and former students and teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador. In a news release sent Friday afternoon, Privacy Commissioner Kerry Hatfield said part of that investigation will look at whether the Education Department has taken enough action in the wake of the PowerSchool attack to make sure it doesn't happen again. "Before launching this investigation I felt it was appropriate to give the department sufficient time to assess the impact of the breach, notify those who were impacted, and take steps to adjust its policies and practices," she said in the release. "It has now had ample opportunity to do so." The late-December cyberattack struck PowerSchool, the data management software used by the English, French and Indigenous school systems — along with other school districts across North America. According to the Education Department, on Dec. 28 hackers stole the information of approximately 271,000 students and 14,400 teachers across Newfoundland and Labrador's English, French, and Indigenous school systems. The stolen data includes contact information, date of birth, MCP numbers, medical alert information, custodial alert information, some social insurance numbers and other related information. Some of that data dates back to 1995. The department said about 75 per cent of the stolen student data belongs to people who are no longer in the K-12 system. The company offered two years of free identity and credit monitoring to any of the victims, and has since hired Experian and TransUnion to provide those services. "The purpose of my investigation is not only to assess whether the department has responded adequately to the breach, but also to ensure that measures taken by the department to prevent future occurrences of this nature are sufficient," said Hatfield. "People have a right to expect that when a public body collects their sensitive personal information that it will do so in accordance with the law." Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Click here to visit our landing page.
