A global data breach of the PowerSchool information system means that a hacker obtained personal data from North Carolina teachers and students. PowerSchool notified its customers, including the North ...

The second lawsuit against the K-12 system centers around how data is collected.

Education software giant PowerSchool suffered from a hack that might have put the sensitive data of K-12 students and teachers at risk. It’s unclear how many people were affected, but the PowerSchool ...

On November 17, 2025, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (ON IPC) and Alberta’s Office of the Information and ...

PowerSchool sells student data without parents' informed consent, a federal lawsuit alleges. The edtech giant calls the lawsuit's allegations "unfounded and inaccurate." Oral arguments on ...

PowerSchool Holdings LLC and Chicago Public Schools agreed to settle a data collection lawsuit from a student who sued over the education system’s use of the company’s Naviance platform.

PowerSchool, a software provider popular at K-12 schools, was the target of a data breach in late December that affected many districts in the U.S. and in other countries, according to the company and ...

PowerSchool is a company that districts can hire to store student information. Many parents can check their student's grades, attendance and other data using PowerSchool. School districts can also use ...

A hacker who stole data about students and teachers from the international PowerSchool database was paid a ransom to destroy the data. Now schools are facing extortion threats. Dreamstime/TNS TNS ...

PowerSchool, the powerhouse educational software company based in Folsom, has agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital in a deal worth $5.6 billion, the companies announced Friday. The purchase will earn ...