More and more districts today are using Active Directory to manage user accounts. Our Active Directory Management tool, xdAD, is easy to use and manage for districts of any size. If you are unhappy with your current AD solution, CPSI is offering special pricing and incentives to help districts switch to xdAD. CPSI will beat our competitor’s […]
We talked earlier this week about 15 Questions to Ask Your Data Integration Vendor. We would like to take the opportunity today to give our answers to those 15 questions. 1. How many industries does your company sell solutions to? CPSI only works with PK-12 education agencies and State Departments of Education. We understand your […]
It isn’t easy to choose a vendor when deciding on how to integrate your data and applications in your district. With so many vendors out there offering solutions, how do you pick the right vendor? How can you be certain you are buying a system that is sustainable both now and in the future? To […]
Once upon a time, all data resided within a school district. It did not get shared. It was not sent to anyone. And (I know I am aging myself here) there was no internet, so there were no cloud-based applications. Then, we started using “hosted” systems for things like learning management systems. And there were […]
A recent study entitled Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic (http://gradnation.org/sites/default/files/18006_CE_BGN_Full_vFNL.pdf) was released by the Everyone Graduates at Johns Hopkins University School of Education (http://www.every1graduates.org/) and Civic Enterprises (http://www.civicenterprises.net/home), in partnership with America’s Promise (http://www.americaspromise.org/), and the Alliance for Excellent Education (http://all4ed.org/). It is an excellent study with […]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, from the Republic of Korea, discussed last week at the UN how education can lead to world peace. I wondered – was this founded on actual research? And if so, what kind of education are we talking about? So, I did the usual thing and Googled “Education and World Peace”. My search led […]
Want to know a little more about xdAD? Here are 10 reasons why xdAD is the Identity Management solution you need. 1. xdAD was built just for school districts from day one. xdAD is the latest in our line of Identity Management products and replaces Visual CASEL. Built for school districts with the input and […]
Before I start today’s article, let me tell you a little story about how I grew up. I was raised on 35 acres of land about 15 miles outside of St. Louis, MO. My parents, grandparents, and other family members have lived on this land for nearly 100 years. My grandparents farmed the ground where […]
Last week, I talked about the Student Digital Privacy Act and stated my opinion that it was not enough. I received some detailed explanations about the Act from Amelia Vance (Twitter: @ameliaivance), who is the Director of Education Data & Technology at NASBE . Thank you for taking the time to respond in such a detailed […]
It is National Teachers Appreciation Week this week, a much-needed week for the people in charge of educating our future leaders and our priceless children. At CPSI, we have been involved exclusively with K-12 since our inception over 25 years ago. That is saying a lot for a technology company! In the early days, there […]
