Data breaches are on the rise, and K-12 schools face a growing number of cybersecurity risks and compliance challenges. Safeguarding student data, then, is no longer optional; it’s essential. Through SchoolDay’s zero-trust ecosystem orchestration platform, we provide a seamless, secure, and scalable solution designed to help schools and districts protect student information while enabling safe and efficient data exchange with education technology providers.

Protecting student data from cyber threats: Those are more than just words for us. Protecting student data is the foundation of our mission. And our mission is clear – protect student privacy and ensure compliance for schools, districts, and edtech providers. Working closely with stakeholders, we are revolutionizing the way schools and edtech work together, to achieve a better learning future without compromising student data privacy.

We do this by helping schools identify and assess data risks, compiling insights from district-specific utilization data, vendor-provided details, AI-generated risk scores, and third-party sources. Schools can use this information to secure student data and move away from traditional rostering. SchoolDay provides a secure, zero-trust, tokenized data exchange, in which required personally identifiable information (PII) fields are replaced with format-preserving tokens, supported by SchoolDay’s suite of privacy services for seamless vendor operation.

Discover Unapproved Edtech Apps

We want schools to have full visibility of who has access to their data. In just a few clicks, the SchoolDay extension can begin auto-discovering all apps used within a district and ranking their PII data exposure risk. With flexible controls that filter or anonymize sensitive information, SchoolDay helps you identify and mitigate data privacy risks across your district.

SchoolDay enables schools to:

• Identify and assess risks – Gain real-time insights into data exposure and security risks across all apps in use.
• Enforce zero-trust security – Replace PII with privacy-preserving tokens, ensuring student data remains protected.
• Streamline compliance – Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations while minimizing administrative burden.

The SchoolDay Catalog also provides educators and administrators with the edtech solutions they need to deliver their curriculum securely, and vendors who integrate with SchoolDay are able to accelerate data approvals and integration.

The First Zero-Trust Ecosystem Orchestration Platform for K-12

What do we mean by a zero-trust ecosystem orchestration platform?

Picture the complex network of relationships within a school system – students, teachers, and staff –  and the many edtech solutions they rely on. Each interaction and data exchange among these groups carries potential risk. Now imagine these connections as instruments in an orchestra: strings, horns, woodwinds, and percussion. If every musician played independently, without coordination, the result would be chaos – confusing and disjointed for the audience. But when a conductor steps in to guide them, those same instruments create a beautiful, unified performance.

That’s what SchoolDay does. It acts as the conductor, bringing structure, trust, and harmony to the entire ecosystem. From selecting and integrating edtech tools to securely retiring them when they’re no longer needed, SchoolDay orchestrates every step of the process, to ensure everything works together safely and seamlessly.

SchoolDay’s zero-trust ecosystem orchestration platform simplifies how schools connect with third-party applications, without exposing sensitive student data. Through a secure, privacy-first infrastructure, SchoolDay:

• Reduces cybersecurity risks by preventing unauthorized access to student information, tokenizing data, and serving as the hub through which anonymized information can be safely exchanged.
• Accelerates deployment by enabling seamless integration with privacy-ready edtech vendors who are already capable of delivering their services without requiring access to PII.
• Cuts costs by optimizing data exchange and reducing redundant IT processes and reducing the time and energy schools must invest in vetting edtech vendors on their own.

The SchoolDay Collection

The SchoolDay Collection – a catalog of privacy-first, third-party SaaS applications and connectors – further enables our zero-trust system.  We are making it easier and risk-free for schools to connect with vendors. Likewise, edtech vendors gain a robust method for rostering and client integration through SchoolDay, streamlining onboarding and data synchronization. SchoolDay offers a secure and proven zero-trust data exchange solution.

Why SchoolDay?

SchoolDay safeguards student privacy and educational data by providing a secure ecosystem orchestration platform for schools and classrooms. Serving over 36,000 schools, more than 3,000 districts and colleges, and hundreds of edtech vendors, SchoolDay champions open standards and secure data exchange, solidifying its role as a trusted leader in educational technology. SchoolDay provides a proven, standards-based approach to data privacy. By prioritizing student security, operational efficiency, and compliance, SchoolDay is the go-to solution for K-12 institutions looking to safeguard their digital future.