The Best Classroom Management Programs and Apps in 2025

Manage student behavior and easily communicate with families.

Overview: ClassDojo aims to create a classroom community that joins teachers, students, and families together to celebrate progress. Teachers can award Dojo Points to students to recognize kindness, teamwork, effort, and more. Students use these points for online badges or even real-life rewards. ClassDojo also makes it easy for teachers and families to communicate, sharing in-class work and experiences, student portfolios, and even photos and videos.

Keep an eye on student screens during class.

Overview: GoGuardian offers web filtering and monitoring and student online safety tools, but teachers like it best for the ability to monitor student screens during class. From their own device, teachers can see what’s on student screens, open or close tabs, lock devices, and send messages about what they’re observing to help students get back on track. This software is usually installed at the school or district level, with GoGuardian stating that nearly half of schools in the United States use their program.

Easy two-way communication with families.

Overview: Remind is a widely used school communication app, trusted by countless teachers and schools. It offers free two-way text messaging with automatic translation in more than 90 languages. Schools can also create a centralized hub for school-wide announcements, admin messages, digital forms, and more.

Robust monitoring features ensure students stay safe and on track when online.

Overview: Similar to GoGuardian, Securly provides cloud-based web filtering, AI-driven detection of risky behavior (like self-harm, bullying, or violence), and device-management tools across school and home networks. The goal is to protect students online while also keeping track of what they’re doing in a safe way that preserves privacy. Securly works with schools and districts to create a classroom management software program that works best for their needs.

Suite of tools including just about everything teachers could need.

Overview: Most teachers these days use Google Classroom, and it’s easy to see why. It helps teachers create, distribute, and grade assignments, while streamlining communication and collaboration with students. Seamless integration with other free tools like Google Docs and Drive make it simple to coordinate learning, and many education programs and resources are designed to interact smoothly with Google Classroom as well.

BrightArrow

Used for: Communication between schools/teachers and students/families

This robust K-12 mass notification and communication platform takes the hassle out of getting the message out to students and families. BrightArrow automates texts, emails, push notifications, and even voice calls, making it simple to send emergency alerts and general announcements to big groups. “BrightArrow is great for communicating with parents and can be used for two-way communication,” one 4th grade teachers says. “[The communications] also become a part of district records.” (Contact BrightArrow for pricing.)

Hāpara

Used for: Chrome browser monitoring

“Hāpara is very useful for monitoring and controlling use of Chromebooks and sharing links,” a 5th grade teacher shares. This classroom management software program not only allows teachers to see what their students are doing in Chrome—it also lets them pause screens, close and open tabs, block distracting websites, and send online messages privately to individual users. This program syncs seamlessly with Google Classroom too.” (Contact Hāpara for pricing.)

SmartPass

Used for: Digital hall pass system

Traditional hall passes show that students have permission to be out of class, but they aren’t able to take into account student movements from other classes. SmartPass digitizes the system, allowing schools and teachers to set limits, such as not allowing certain students hall passes at the same time, or limiting the number of hall passes used each day. “It avoids so many movement issues and drama in the hallways,” promises Roxanna C., a high school science teacher. (Contact SmartPass for pricing.)

Lightspeed Systems

Used for: Online safety and device management

Lightspeed is another classroom management program that helps teachers and schools monitor device usage and keep kids safe online by filtering and analyzing their digital usage. Some teachers really like this program, while others have concerns. “The program doesn’t show me all of my students’ computers,” reports a 4th grade teacher, while Trisha S. didn’t find it to be very user-friendly. But others said they’d recommend this program to fellow teachers, so user experience definitely varies. (Contact Lightspeed Systems for pricing.)

Classkick

Used for: Lesson and assignment delivery and feedback

Classkick is a paperless learning environment where teachers can provide guidance and immediate feedback as students work. Teachers can see exactly what students are doing as they work through lessons and assignments, then offer corrections or advice in real time, when it’s most effective. Peers can also help other classmates, anonymously if desired. (10 free trial assignments, then $9.99 per month)

Equity Maps

Used for: Discussion and participation mapping

Monitoring individual student participation can be challenging, especially in larger classes. This classroom management app aims to make things easier and more equitable by creating maps of student discussions and analyzing participation data. It’s simple to use: teachers download the app to their iPad, then tap on each student as they speak. You can analyze who speaks in class, how often, and for how long, as well as identify any inequities amongst participation. The premium app also records their participation as an audio file you can review later. (Basic: $1.99 to download, covers 20 students; Premium: $9.99 to download, covers 40 students; iPad use only)

ClassroomQ

Used for: Digital “hand-raising” tool

This program seeks to ensure that all students are able to ask questions and get help in class by digitizing the process. Teachers start a session at the beginning of class, which students enter on their own devices using a unique code. When they have a question or need help, they simply hit the big red button on the screen. This adds them to the teacher’s queue, so they never miss a student in need of assistance! (Basic: Free for unlimited students, up to 5 in queue at a time; Premium: $19.99 per year, unlimited students and queue number; Team, School, and District plans also available)

SchoolMint Hero

Used for: Behavior management and attendance tracking

If you like the idea of ClassDojo but teach middle or high school students, SchoolMint Hero might be the program you need. The digitized system makes it easy to document student behavior (both positive and negative), and allows teachers to award reward points or assign disciplinary infractions. SchoolMint Hero also offers digital hall pass and attendance tracking, and parents can view their students’ records too. (Contact SchoolMint for pricing.)

Tes Class Charts

Used for: All-in-one program for seating, behavior, attendance, homework, and communication

This all-encompassing program does everything from designing seating charts to tracking behavior to communicating with families. Teachers can monitor and keep track of behavior and attendance, analyzing data to look for patterns and problems. The program also provides communication tools for teachers and families. Some have noted that this classroom management software is especially helpful in schools using PBIS for behavior management. (Contact Tes for pricing.)