EdTech Digest Distinguished Awards Program Nominates ClassMate in Two Categories

Bath, Pennsylvania – EdTech Digest, a leader in advancing workable technology solutions for education, proudly announces the finalists for the 2015 Cool Tool Awards. Harris Specialized Student Solutions is honored to learn that ClassMate, a student administration and curriculum management solution, is nominated in two categories: Parent/Student Portal and Student Academic Tracking. ClassMate provides powerful tools to organize and analyze student performance, assessment and curriculum information. With this centralized data system administrators have the power to leverage a consistent interface across multiple program areas to standardize staff procedures, increase efficiency and boost productivity throughout their schools.

ClassMate, designed by educators with diverse backgrounds, is focused on Career, Technical, Adult and Alternative Education organizations. From online registration and management of student medical records to creating parent portals and enabling school-home-communications, the centralized solution delivers simple and seamless education services which are focused on the needs of students and administrators.

EdTech Digest recognizes people and products in the education field for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere. The Cool Tool Award Recognition Awards program is a distinguished program that identifies outstanding solutions in education and technology. EdTech Digest recognizes Harris Specialized Student Solutions’ ClassMate solution and team as being amongst, “the best and brightest tools, leaders, and trendsetters pushing forward today’s education revolution.”

Kathy Ritch, Executive Vice President of Harris Specialized Student Solutions, was thrilled to learn about the 2015 Cool Tool nominations, and noted, “Ed Tech’s nomination of ClassMate as a Cool Tool finalist exemplifies our ongoing commitment to achieving the optimal user experience. We’re proud that our specialized student products continue to earn national recognition for innovation and workflow efficiency within our schools.”

About Harris Specialized School Solutions

Founded in 1976, Harris is a leading provider of diverse and pioneering software solutions for the K-12 and Continuing Education market, offering sophisticated technology, outstanding customer care and market-driven products. Our Specialized Student Solutions suite of products offers highly diversified student administration and curriculum management solutions that span a variety of learning environments for improved educational instruction in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Alternative Education, Special Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Adult Education. With over 4,000 customers, Harris is a leader in creating powerful systems for the K-12 and Continuing Education market. For more information, visit http://www.harrisschoolsolutions.com.

About EdTech Digest

The mission of EdTech Digest is to tell the story of 21st-century education transformation. By sharing cool tools, fascinating interviews, relevant trends and voices from the field, we hope to inspire learners and leaders everywhere, to get workable technology solutions for education widely known about and well thought of, to reshape the education culture and to create a new and better future for students. https://edtechdigest.wordpress.com/

About EdTech Digest Award Program

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