CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company powering social good and a top provider of school management solutions for K–12 private schools, has released a new report detailing how COVID-19 is changing parent expectations. As remote learning accelerated the use of educational technology (EdTech), private school parents report increased expectations for the value of educational technology and modernized learning methodologies such as competency-based education. The report is based on a survey of 7,450 public and private school parents conducted by YouGov in the second half of August.
"We set out to gain a better understanding about how COVID-19 is shaping family perceptions of private schools, from remote learning and overall satisfaction, to learning management and communications," said Travis Warren, president and GM, Blackbaud K–12 Solutions. "It's clear from this research that the impacts of COVID-19 on private school EdTech adoption will last well after the pandemic has passed. Families expect schools to invest in technologies that help educators stay engaged with students, students stay on top of their schedule and assignments and parents stay informed and appropriately involved."
Key Findings
"Our school has undergone an irreversible technological shift," said Linda Lawrence, chief technology officer at Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Florida. "Teachers, students, and parents are all more reliant on technology for day-to-day classroom instruction and communication. Seeing technological tools facilitate meaningful learning, engaged collaboration, creative application, and purposeful demonstration of student understanding has us asking bigger questions about our educational model moving forward."
Read the report "Rethink Change: Accelerating Education Technology Adoption in K–12 Private Schools" here. In partnership with YouGov, Blackbaud surveyed 7,450 public and private school parents in the United States and Canada for the report. YouGov is a global public opinion and data company. Learn more about Blackbaud's solutions for K-12 private schools.
About Blackbaud Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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