tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2158157279489866895.post3757551739779673269..comments2024-03-13T06:04:34.407-04:00Comments on The 21st Century Principal: Update! Pearson Sees Most of NC Users as Satisfied with PowerSchool---Huh?John Robinson Ed.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155145743617621924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2158157279489866895.post-51934154179993997262014-02-22T08:38:43.201-05:002014-02-22T08:38:43.201-05:00Software of this scale need and require careful pl...Software of this scale need and require careful planning if you are considerate of the users. There's no company anywhere going to roll out software to a company or large block of customers the way Pearson did with PowerSchool in North Carolina. It was inconsiderate and all for profit I am positive. You would have thought North Carolina would have learned something from their disastrous NC WISE roll-out, but alas, they have even made a bigger mess than before. They state they saved tons of money by not waiting year, but what about all the lost time in districts in schools because we have had to redo something or do something by hand because of this mess? When I read this News and Observer article Pearson's arrogance about customer satisfaction was a slap in the face. They're not listening and neither are state level educators in this state. It is rather sad.John Robinson Ed.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155145743617621924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2158157279489866895.post-8461622844610537152014-02-21T20:27:18.947-05:002014-02-21T20:27:18.947-05:00We have been frustrated with PowerSchool in my dis...We have been frustrated with PowerSchool in my district too. Our data manager just got back from a conference and told me that she expects to schedule students by hand again this year. "I'll let PowerSchool try first, but there are so many bugs that I need to have a back up plan." Wow, that is disappointing! I too remember the NC WISE rollout pain and I really expected this to be a lot smoother. We are able to create progress reports, but they are clunky and some other reports like honor roll are not working at all for us. We have also experienced the performance issues mentioned in the N&O article. Thanks for voicing the concerns of schools.Laura B. Foglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255030136309728082noreply@blogger.com