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OnSIS Compliance: Ontario School Information System Guide
OnSIS reporting can feel technical, but it starts with something simple: accurate school data. This guide explains what Ontario independent schools need to report, when submissions happen, and what privacy and compliance principles schools should keep in mind.
School Management Software: All-in-Many vs All-in-One
All-in-many or all-in-one? It sounds like a question about tools. In practice, it's a question about how much effort it takes to keep your school running. Read to learn what each model looks like from the inside.
MySchool vs. Blackbaud: How to Choose the Best School Management Platform in 2026
Choosing a school management platform looks like a technical decision. In reality, it’s an operational one. The right system can make daily work feel simpler and more connected. The wrong one can add friction at every step.
The ERP for Education: Why Unified School Management Systems Are the Future of K-12 Operations
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it’s acting with yesterday’s logic” – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American consultant and educator
3 Game-Changers for IT Managers
MEET GREG GERBER. Greg’s career has spanned over 25 years in the education sector, starting out as a high school teacher before serving as Vice Principal. When offered the role of Principal, Greg made the decision to leave teaching altogether and move into IT, allowing him to pursue another passion and spend more time with his family. However, during the subsequent 12 years in IT, Greg quickly realized the majority of his time was spent consulting with schools, and helping them to better their vision and mission. Soon, Greg was back in school as Director of IT, focusing on finding and implementing a new School Management System. He quickly rose to become the Director of Learning for 43 schools across British Columbia, and now works in higher education as Assistant Professor and Dean of Science and Instructional Technology at the New York Institute of Technology, as well as regularly collaborating with the Ministry of Education and for K-12 schools in and around British Columbia.
Moving a paper-based school to a School Management System
"We have a great system, everything is working just fine so why should we move to a school management system." So why even consider moving? This is a great point but probably the wrong question to be asking yourself. It’s true, your system works just fine… but what is it actually costing you and could you be doing things better and in some cases much, much better? Resources: paper, filing, storage space. Paper, printing, photocopying costs pile up, not to mention the amount of manual upkeep required to maintain up to date accurate records. It’s hard to find official statistics on paper consumption by schools but anyone in charge of budgeting in schools will tell the cost of paper, printing and photocopying is significant. While a student information system won’t eliminate everything it certainly will significantly contribute to cutting costs in this area alone, and possibly enough to fund the use of a school management system.
Take Your Enrolment Management System from Stressful to Streamlined With an All-in-One Platform
“They’re heeeerrrre.” The yearly blitz of back-to-school commercials featuring more backpacks, binders, and (spoiler alert) carabiner hand sanitizers than you can shake a stick at, seems to be the international sign to turn in your flip-flops and start setting your alarm clock again.
5 Ways to Tell if Your School Management System is Future-Proof
In a world with increasing dependence on technology, it’s essential that your school MIS is future-proof, aka sustainable.