Release Notes

Homeschool parents: you can now teach your own classes.

If you run a homeschool or microschool and tried to add a subject, you may have noticed a frustrating problem—the "Teacher" dropdown was empty. That's because NavEd was only looking for staff members, not realizing that you are the teacher.

We heard from a homeschool parent (welcome to NavEd!) who hit this exact issue. Within hours, we shipped a fix. Now, school administrators appear in the teacher dropdown alongside any staff members. Whether you're a homeschool parent teaching all subjects yourself or an admin at a larger school who occasionally teaches a class, you can assign yourself as the teacher.

New students now appear in all the right places.

We also fixed an issue where newly added students would show up in the User Directory but not in the Students list. This happened because the student profile wasn't being created at the right moment.

Now, when you add a student (or staff member, or parent), their full profile is created automatically—no extra steps needed. They'll appear in all menus immediately, ready for you to enroll them in classes, take attendance, and enter grades.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Administrators now appear in the "Teacher" dropdown when adding or editing subjects
• Student, Staff, and Parent profiles are now created automatically when users are added
• Fixed an error that could appear when adding students ("duplicate key" message)
• Improved form validation with clearer error messages when something goes wrong

Adding new grade levels works again.

If you tried to add a new academic grade today and got an error message, you weren't alone. A typo in our code meant the "Add Grade" form was broken for everyone.

We fixed it within minutes of hearing from you. Grade levels like "Kindergarten," "1st Grade," or "High School Senior" can now be added without issue. Thank you to the school admin who reported this—your feedback helps us catch problems fast.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed "Add Academic Grade" form that was returning an error on save

Your school logo is back where it belongs.

Some schools noticed their logo wasn't displaying in the sidebar or on certain pages. Instead of seeing your carefully chosen school branding, you were getting a generic placeholder—not exactly the polished experience you or your families expect.

We traced the issue to a recent platform upgrade and fixed it. Your logo, banner images, and any other uploaded media will now display correctly across all pages. No action needed on your end—everything should just work.

If you're still seeing missing images after today, try a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) to clear your browser cache.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed school logo and media files not displaying on some pages
• Resolved image loading issue introduced during platform upgrade

Parents: your children's grades are no longer jumbled together.

A parent reached out and told us something we needed to hear: "As a parent with two children, it's really confusing to have all their classes jumbled together." She was right. When you had multiple kids, the sidebar showed one combined grade alert number with no way to tell which child it belonged to. And when she clicked into classes, the "missing assignments" count didn't match what she was seeing.

We fixed both problems. The Grades section in the sidebar now expands to show each of your children by name, with their own individual alert count. Click any child's name and you'll go straight to their grades page — no more hunting.

Once you're on a child's grades page, you'll see a new alert summary at the top that lists every missing assignment and new grade with the class name, assignment name, and which quarter it's from. Each alert is clickable and takes you directly to the right quarter view, so you can find exactly what needs attention.

We also fixed an issue where missing assignments from previous school years were inflating the alert count. If your child had 5 missing alerts but only 1 was from this year, you'd see "5" and wonder where they all were. Now the count only reflects the current school year — because last year's missing homework isn't something you need to worry about today.

Students see the same improvements on their own accounts, with their grade alerts organized and easy to navigate.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Per-student grade alert breakdown in sidebar for parents and students
• Clickable alert summary with assignment names and quarter navigation
• Missing assignment counts now filtered to current school year only
• Grade alerts show actual assignment names instead of generic labels

Fixed a login issue affecting new parent signups.

Some parents who were invited to NavEd but used "Login with Google" directly (instead of clicking their invite link first) were getting stuck in a redirect loop and couldn't access their accounts.

We've fixed this so the signup flow now works seamlessly regardless of how you choose to log in. If you click your invite link first—great. If you go straight to Google login—that works too. Either way, you'll end up in the right place.

If you were affected by this issue and still can't log in, try clearing your browser cookies for nav.education or using an incognito window. If problems persist, reach out to your school administrator.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed OAuth redirect for users with pending invitations
• Improved tenant routing to handle edge cases in signup flow

Admins now see the right applications for the right school year.

When viewing student applications, administrators were sometimes seeing applications from the wrong school year mixed in. We've fixed the filtering logic so you only see applications relevant to your current session.

This was a small but important fix—when you're reviewing applications for next year's enrollment, you need to trust that the list is accurate.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed application year filter for admin views
• Improved how the system handles pending user data during signup