Now replacing PowerSchool & Edsby in 200+ districts

The central hub for modern education.

Forum unifies your LMS, SIS, gradebook, and student wellbeing tools into one seamless platform — natively integrated with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. No middleware. No migrations. No compromise.

Trusted by 200,000+ educators
FERPA & COPPA compliant
SOC 2 Type II certified
99.97% uptime SLA
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Why districts choose Forum

Three things no legacy system does.

Forum was built from scratch for how teachers actually work — not retrofitted from a 2009 gradebook platform.

Engagement Layer

Social Classrooms

A River of News that flows with purpose.

Every classroom gets a live, chronological feed — teacher posts, pinned resources, district-wide announcements, and emotional check-ins all in one place. Students engage. Teachers see who's present, attentive, and thriving.

  • Real-time Emotional Check-In tally with anonymous aggregation
  • Pinned resources and announcements with read receipts
  • Direct teacher-to-family messaging built in
  • Moderation controls with district-level policy enforcement
Student Intelligence

Panorama Student 360

Every student's full story, at a glance.

Click any student name anywhere in Forum and the Panorama panel slides in — current grade, attendance trend, a timeline of teacher observations, risk alerts, and family contact history. No tab-switching. No second system.

  • Unified academic and attendance history in one timeline
  • Automated risk flagging with configurable thresholds
  • Teacher observation log with rich-text annotations
  • Parent/guardian contact log with response tracking
Zero Middleware

Native Interoperability

Google and Microsoft, not bolted on.

Forum doesn't use middleware, webhooks, or third-party sync tools. Google Classroom assignments appear in your gradebook with a native G badge. Microsoft Teams assignments sync with a native T badge. Grades flow both ways — automatically.

  • OAuth 2.0 direct integration — no credentials stored
  • Bi-directional grade sync: Forum ↔ Google Classroom
  • Bi-directional grade sync: Forum ↔ Microsoft Teams EDU
  • Rostering via Clever, ClassLink, or direct SIS API
Works with what your district already uses

Natively integrated. Zero middleware.

Google Workspace for Education

Native Classroom, Drive, Meet sync

Microsoft 365 Education

Teams, OneNote, SharePoint sync

Clever

Rostering & SSO

ClassLink

OneRoster & Launchpad

Canvas LTI

LTI 1.3 launch support

PowerSchool SIS

Direct SIS data bridge

All integrations use direct OAuth 2.0 and vendor-native APIs. No third-party sync tools. No Zapier. No manual CSV exports.

Ready to replace your legacy system?

Join 200+ districts who moved from PowerSchool and Edsby to Forum in a single semester. Implementation support included.

No implementation fee
Data migration included
90-day onboarding support
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