Blackbaud Announces Transformative Updates to K-12 Education Management Portfolio

Blackbaud, the leading provider of software for powering social impact, announced a series of transformative updates for its K–12 Education Management portfolio, reinforcing its position as the premier choice for schools seeking a unified, future-ready learning and information management experience. The updates include Google Classroom integration, AI tools, streamlined workflows, enhanced user experiences, and more, designed to streamline workflows, deepen integrations, and elevate the digital classroom experience.

Title: Blackbaud Enhances K–12 Education Management Portfolio with Transformative Updates

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 02, 2025 — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), a leading provider of software for powering social impact, has announced a series of transformative updates to its K–12 Education Management portfolio. These updates aim to solidify Blackbaud's position as the premier choice for schools seeking a unified, future-ready learning and information management experience.

The new features, which include Google Classroom integration, AI tools, streamlined workflows, and enhanced user experiences, are designed to streamline workflows, deepen integrations, and elevate the digital classroom experience. The updates focus on teacher efficiency, parent engagement, and student success.

Mark Davis, Vice President and Head of Education Products at Blackbaud, stated, "We're committed to helping schools deliver exceptional learning experiences. We're excited to bring new features to our K–12 customers this year, like our Google Classroom integration that will help teachers streamline class set-up and save time by connecting information in both platforms, and we continue to innovate with AI features to help educators free up time for their most important work. These innovations reflect our deep partnership with educators and our ongoing investment in building the most connected, intuitive, and powerful platform for K–12 independent schools."

Alisa Sommer, Global Head of Google for Education Partnerships, expressed her enthusiasm for the collaboration, stating, "We're thrilled to collaborate with Blackbaud to enable seamless two-way data integration between Google Classroom and Blackbaud. This partnership empowers educators to seamlessly integrate Google and Blackbaud. In particular, exporting grades from Classroom to Blackbaud SIS is a long-requested feature that will be making educators' workflows easier."

Unlike fragmented solutions that require multiple vendors and logins, Blackbaud offers a fully connected, all-in-one platform that integrates learning, student information, and family engagement. The platform emphasizes innovation, interoperability, and user experience, enabling schools and educators to save time, improve communication, ensure data accuracy, and scale their tech stack with extensible integrations.

Key Updates

Learning Management System (LMS) Innovations:
- Unified Portal Experience: This feature offers parent and teacher access to attendance, assignments, and communications in one seamless interface, improving transparency and collaboration.
- AI-Powered Question Generator: This tool helps educators create dynamic assessments with data-informed insights.
- Early Adopter Program (EAP): Schools can now opt into EAP for a redesigned assignment creation and grading experience, delivering a 30% time savings for teachers. Additionally, the program includes a collaboration with Turnitin for advanced academic integrity and feedback, as well as a locked browser for maintaining assessment integrity.

Student Information System (SIS) Enhancements:
- Google Classroom Integration: Schools can now seamlessly sync data in real-time between platforms via OneRoster, allowing teachers to export grades from Google Classroom to Blackbaud Gradebook and import useful information from Blackbaud such as student rosters, co-teachers, grading periods, and grading categories when setting up their class in Google Classroom.
- PowerSchool's Schoology Learning Integration: Schools can connect Schoology Learning to Blackbaud's SIS through the OneRoster framework, facilitating seamless exchange of roster information and gradebook grades between the platforms.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for historical information, all statements, expectations, and assumptions contained in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. General economic risks, uncertainty regarding increased business and renewals from existing customers, continued success in sales growth, and risks associated with successful implementation of multiple integrated software products are among the factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expected. All Blackbaud product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blackbaud, Inc.

References

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