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ClassWallet Bookkeeping and Technology Survey Results

At ClassWallet we’re always joking that no company sells less efficiency and increased costs. Most technology companies position themselves as a solution that saves time and money, but what that means to people differs considerably. We’ve been told by clients they save, on average, 5 hours a week in school bookkeeping time managing teacher orders and receipt reimbursement on our platform. We wondered what impact this really has in the daily lives of these administrators. So we asked districts of all sizes across the country what the effects would be from freeing up 5 hours each week for their bookkeepers, and here’s what they had to say.

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A Conversation on Teacher Empowerment and Classroom Spending Decisions

The recent national headline “Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record” may be striking news to some, but it’s just an echo in the educator community. Teacher feedback consistently shows that salary is a primary motivator for job satisfaction. However, it’s frequently additional frustrations (working conditions, weak support, lack of autonomy, etc.) that fuel the final decision to walk away from what was formerly a passion for many.

... Continue Reading

The Value of Time and Technology in the Business Office

At ClassWallet we’re always joking that no company sells less efficiency and increased costs. Most technology companies position themselves as a solution that saves time and money, but what that means to people differs considerably. We’ve been told by clients they save, on average, 5 hours a week in school bookkeeping time managing teacher orders and receipt reimbursement on our platform.

... Continue Reading

EdTech Digest Feature of ClassWallet CEO

No stranger to education technology, Jamie Rosenberg has launched two successful technology companies in the space. His journey from mergers and acquisitions lawyer to social entrepreneur is a living example of how one person can change the world.

... Continue Reading

How To Keep & Retain The Millennial Teacher

We sat down with international education consultant Jennifer Abrams to discuss what is needed for schools to keep and retain the millennial teacher and help this generation thrive.  Millennials make up the largest percentage of teachers, yet only 6% of superintendents think their district understands the needs of millennial teachers

... Continue Reading

Do You Know What Motivates Millennial Teachers?

Hint: It’s not purchase orders, requisition forms and receipts. Millennials are the largest generation in the US labor force today.  That means 1 in 3 workers are now millennials and those entering school systems are not being supported in a way that is useful to their skills and needs.

... Continue Reading

How the Finance Office Can Alleviate Teacher Shortage Problems

Providing teachers more control over classroom decisions is far more financially effective and efficient than trying to find ways to boost teacher salaries. If a teacher is choosing employment between two districts and District A gave each teacher a classroom budgeting tool that contained some funds for supplies, easy access to crowdfunding tools, additional funding that may originate from federal or local grants or PTA, and District B did not, what district do you think the teacher will choose to work for?

... Continue Reading

Preventing P-Card Abuse & Fraud in Your District

Fraud and audit violations often happen with organizations that use Procurement-cards (P-Cards).  One reason is that P-Card fraud and misuse can be difficult to recognize until it ends up in the news.  Internal controls are meant to decrease fraud and abuse, however, P-Card purchasing data is limited.  This is one reason the misuse of funds occurs as frequently as it does.  Reconciliation reviews and monthly reports can identify suspicious activity, but don’t stop the fraud from occurring. 

... Continue Reading

Empowering Teachers with Classroom Budgets

I have been working with teachers across our country for 20 years.  In 1998, I started AdoptAClassroom.org, funding classrooms in 30% of school markets, and in 2014 I launched ClassWallet, a spend management software.  In 2018, I have never seen teacher discontent as high as it is now.  Teachers are striking across the nation; teacher absenteeism is now a chronic problem; approximately 50% of teachers leave the profession after just 5 years.

... Continue Reading

Education Leader Esther Wojcicki, The Case For Teacher Empowerment

The following is an excerpt from Ester Wojcicki’s Teacher Empowerment post on Medium: Teachers are striking across the country.  Fifty percent of teachers leave the profession after just five years.  Teacher absenteeism is a national problem.  Teachers are mad, frustrated and fed up.  Salary is a focal point but their ire is rooted in more than that.

... Continue Reading

Accounts Payable Automation – A Cost Effective Alternative Way to Maximize Your ERP

How Cloud-Based Software That Provides Accounts Payable Automation Can Improve Your ERP System. The decision to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a cost-based decision designed to improve departmental productivity while enhancing efficiency across workflows.  But, the importance of maximizing the value of an ERP system can be an expensive task.  New cloud-based accounts payable automation is a solution to improve ERP processes.

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet’s $1 Million Week: 10,536 Purchases Reconciled & Paid

ClassWallet reached a new milestone reconciling over 10,000 transactions in one week.  The 10,536 transactions totaled $1,012,841.59, with an average of $96.13 per transaction.  Included in this number are 3,669 reimbursement transactions.  For all purchases, customers did not have to collect a single piece of paper, reconcile an invoice or cut a check.  Our team estimates the man-hour cost savings to customers at over $1 million.

... Continue Reading

Heritage Foundation Report Features ClassWallet as Pioneer in Financial Technology

As a financial technology company focused on saving time and money for the school business office, we are excited to be featured as a pioneer in financial technology in a recent Heritage Foundation Education Report.  In the report, Jonathan Butcher, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy, showcases trends in mobile money and digital wallets and explains how school districts can benefit from these new innovations.

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet News: Districts Across the U.S. Adopt ClassWallet

ClassWallet is saving time for the school business office and streamlining the procurement workflow for districts throughout the United States.  63,000 teachers and principals in 2,000 schools use ClassWallet to automate processes for transactions, empowering business offices to reallocate precious resources from tracking and reconciling small dollar transactions to more impactful work.

... Continue Reading

Financial Education for Students: District Grants from Discover

At ClassWallet we streamline the tracking and distribution of education funds.  Here on our blog we provide tips from financial experts to help you manage your district budget and cover financial information for the education world.  For this post we take a look at financial education for students and the pressing need for it through our chat with Matt Towson, Director of Community Affairs at Discover.

... Continue Reading

Why Harrington Park School District Loves ClassWallet: #NYEdTechWeek Feature

There are some office facing solutions that are lights out that I love. The first group that I would talk about is ClassWallet. ClassWallet is a great business office solution and you say, “Wow that is so simple!” ClassWallet talks about student funds and accounts, field trips, things like that, and you go, ‘Oh my God that’s such a low hanging fruit.’ But everyone of us brings that brown envelope down to the office. It’s a nightmare. But ClassWallet digitizes it.

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet Announces Minority Investment From Brentwood Associates

ClassWallet, a market-leading platform that streamlines the tracking of education funds, has closed a minority investment from Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”).  Brentwood is a leading consumer-focused private equity investment firm that has made several investments in the education space.  ClassWallet represents the fifth education-related investment for Brentwood.  Several existing ClassWallet investors also participated in the funding round.

... Continue Reading

Student-Based Budgeting: The Case for Transparency of District Funds Allocation

A shift is occurring in school districts across the United States, a shift from top down, centralized budgeting to student-based budgeting, also referred to as weighted student funding.  According to the American Legislative Exchange Council, weighted student funding is defined as “student funding from state sources. It includes additional funds, “weights,” based on percentages of foundation funding revenue to offset the higher education costs associated with certain student and school demographics.”

... Continue Reading

A Conversation on Teacher Empowerment and Classroom Spending Decisions

The recent national headline “Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record” may be striking news to some, but it’s just an echo in the educator community. Teacher feedback consistently shows that salary is a primary motivator for job satisfaction. However, it’s frequently additional frustrations (working conditions, weak support, lack of autonomy, etc.) that fuel the final decision to walk away from what was formerly a passion for many.

... Continue Reading

How To Keep & Retain The Millennial Teacher

We sat down with international education consultant Jennifer Abrams to discuss what is needed for schools to keep and retain the millennial teacher and help this generation thrive.  Millennials make up the largest percentage of teachers, yet only 6% of superintendents think their district understands the needs of millennial teachers

... Continue Reading

Do You Know What Motivates Millennial Teachers?

Hint: It’s not purchase orders, requisition forms and receipts. Millennials are the largest generation in the US labor force today.  That means 1 in 3 workers are now millennials and those entering school systems are not being supported in a way that is useful to their skills and needs.

... Continue Reading

How the Finance Office Can Alleviate Teacher Shortage Problems

Providing teachers more control over classroom decisions is far more financially effective and efficient than trying to find ways to boost teacher salaries. If a teacher is choosing employment between two districts and District A gave each teacher a classroom budgeting tool that contained some funds for supplies, easy access to crowdfunding tools, additional funding that may originate from federal or local grants or PTA, and District B did not, what district do you think the teacher will choose to work for?

... Continue Reading

Empowering Teachers with Classroom Budgets

I have been working with teachers across our country for 20 years.  In 1998, I started AdoptAClassroom.org, funding classrooms in 30% of school markets, and in 2014 I launched ClassWallet, a spend management software.  In 2018, I have never seen teacher discontent as high as it is now.  Teachers are striking across the nation; teacher absenteeism is now a chronic problem; approximately 50% of teachers leave the profession after just 5 years.

... Continue Reading

Education Leader Esther Wojcicki, The Case For Teacher Empowerment

The following is an excerpt from Ester Wojcicki’s Teacher Empowerment post on Medium: Teachers are striking across the country.  Fifty percent of teachers leave the profession after just five years.  Teacher absenteeism is a national problem.  Teachers are mad, frustrated and fed up.  Salary is a focal point but their ire is rooted in more than that.

... Continue Reading

Financial Education for Students: District Grants from Discover

At ClassWallet we streamline the tracking and distribution of education funds.  Here on our blog we provide tips from financial experts to help you manage your district budget and cover financial information for the education world.  For this post we take a look at financial education for students and the pressing need for it through our chat with Matt Towson, Director of Community Affairs at Discover.

... Continue Reading

Student-Based Budgeting: The Case for Transparency of District Funds Allocation

A shift is occurring in school districts across the United States, a shift from top down, centralized budgeting to student-based budgeting, also referred to as weighted student funding.  According to the American Legislative Exchange Council, weighted student funding is defined as “student funding from state sources. It includes additional funds, “weights,” based on percentages of foundation funding revenue to offset the higher education costs associated with certain student and school demographics.”

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet News: Districts Across the U.S. Adopt ClassWallet

ClassWallet is saving time for the school business office and streamlining the procurement workflow for districts throughout the United States.  63,000 teachers and principals in 2,000 schools use ClassWallet to automate processes for transactions, empowering business offices to reallocate precious resources from tracking and reconciling small dollar transactions to more impactful work.

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet Bookkeeping and Technology Survey Results

At ClassWallet we’re always joking that no company sells less efficiency and increased costs. Most technology companies position themselves as a solution that saves time and money, but what that means to people differs considerably. We’ve been told by clients they save, on average, 5 hours a week in school bookkeeping time managing teacher orders and receipt reimbursement on our platform. We wondered what impact this really has in the daily lives of these administrators. So we asked districts of all sizes across the country what the effects would be from freeing up 5 hours each week for their bookkeepers, and here’s what they had to say.

... Continue Reading

The Value of Time and Technology in the Business Office

At ClassWallet we’re always joking that no company sells less efficiency and increased costs. Most technology companies position themselves as a solution that saves time and money, but what that means to people differs considerably. We’ve been told by clients they save, on average, 5 hours a week in school bookkeeping time managing teacher orders and receipt reimbursement on our platform.

... Continue Reading

EdTech Digest Feature of ClassWallet CEO

No stranger to education technology, Jamie Rosenberg has launched two successful technology companies in the space. His journey from mergers and acquisitions lawyer to social entrepreneur is a living example of how one person can change the world.

... Continue Reading

Preventing P-Card Abuse & Fraud in Your District

Fraud and audit violations often happen with organizations that use Procurement-cards (P-Cards).  One reason is that P-Card fraud and misuse can be difficult to recognize until it ends up in the news.  Internal controls are meant to decrease fraud and abuse, however, P-Card purchasing data is limited.  This is one reason the misuse of funds occurs as frequently as it does.  Reconciliation reviews and monthly reports can identify suspicious activity, but don’t stop the fraud from occurring. 

... Continue Reading

Accounts Payable Automation – A Cost Effective Alternative Way to Maximize Your ERP

How Cloud-Based Software That Provides Accounts Payable Automation Can Improve Your ERP System. The decision to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a cost-based decision designed to improve departmental productivity while enhancing efficiency across workflows.  But, the importance of maximizing the value of an ERP system can be an expensive task.  New cloud-based accounts payable automation is a solution to improve ERP processes.

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet’s $1 Million Week: 10,536 Purchases Reconciled & Paid

ClassWallet reached a new milestone reconciling over 10,000 transactions in one week.  The 10,536 transactions totaled $1,012,841.59, with an average of $96.13 per transaction.  Included in this number are 3,669 reimbursement transactions.  For all purchases, customers did not have to collect a single piece of paper, reconcile an invoice or cut a check.  Our team estimates the man-hour cost savings to customers at over $1 million.

... Continue Reading

Heritage Foundation Report Features ClassWallet as Pioneer in Financial Technology

As a financial technology company focused on saving time and money for the school business office, we are excited to be featured as a pioneer in financial technology in a recent Heritage Foundation Education Report.  In the report, Jonathan Butcher, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy, showcases trends in mobile money and digital wallets and explains how school districts can benefit from these new innovations.

... Continue Reading

Why Harrington Park School District Loves ClassWallet: #NYEdTechWeek Feature

There are some office facing solutions that are lights out that I love. The first group that I would talk about is ClassWallet. ClassWallet is a great business office solution and you say, “Wow that is so simple!” ClassWallet talks about student funds and accounts, field trips, things like that, and you go, ‘Oh my God that’s such a low hanging fruit.’ But everyone of us brings that brown envelope down to the office. It’s a nightmare. But ClassWallet digitizes it.

... Continue Reading

ClassWallet Announces Minority Investment From Brentwood Associates

ClassWallet, a market-leading platform that streamlines the tracking of education funds, has closed a minority investment from Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”).  Brentwood is a leading consumer-focused private equity investment firm that has made several investments in the education space.  ClassWallet represents the fifth education-related investment for Brentwood.  Several existing ClassWallet investors also participated in the funding round.

... Continue Reading