Today, school districts face a broader range of challenges than other public sector organizations. In addition to preparing students to compete in a global, highly skilled job market, schools must also feed, transport and ensure their health and safety. To survive and thrive, school districts across the country are working hard to transform public education, improve student achievement and become strategic drivers of change.
The need for innovation extends beyond the classroom. Analyzing a school district’s business and operational processes can reveal dramatic potential efficiency gains and cost savings, ultimately driving demonstrable return on investment. This in turn can allow schools to focus on mission imperatives like hiring more teachers, reducing class sizes and maintaining school infrastructure. The bottom line: Operational business process improvements can significantly impact the classroom and performance.
This paper explores how three educational institutions — the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU), Cherry Creek School District and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) — recently adopted Oracle Cloud applications to provide a comprehensive, integrated and secure technology platform to allow better insight across their operations. It also examines how innovative solutions are supporting these organizations’ efforts to modernize, adapt to the changing education landscape, and reduce costs and workloads. Read more.