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Reach and communicate: Maximizing back-to-school family engagement

Why back-to-school is the best time for family engagement Written by Kate Pechacek Back-to-school season is a unique moment when families and educators are completely in sync: both hopeful, both […]

5 tips for better attendance

Written by Heather Dooley   Practical ways to tap into your greatest (and free!) resource to improve attendance: families  Chronic absenteeism has long been a critical concern for schools and […]

The power of partnership starts with trust

TalkingPoints Talks with Ali Sutherland, EL Teacher   In the ten years Ali Sutherland has been teaching, she says she has recognized that the ideal relationship between a teacher and […]

Empowering connections: TalkingPoints looks back on the 2022-2023 school year

Written by Paige DeLozier One of the joys of being an educator is having a front-row seat to the constant state of change in a child’s life. Thanks to their […]

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5 things every school district and educator should know about ChatGPT

Written by Heather Dooley In schools and conferences across the country, everyone seems to be talking about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ChatGPT.  Teachers are using ChatGPT to create lesson plans. […]

5 things everyone was talking about at SXSW EDU

Written by Heejae Lim I was honored to recently participate in a roundtable discussion on running an education startup at the SXSW EDU Conference in Austin. I used the opportunity […]

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Dr. Karen Mapp, America’s foremost expert on family engagement, to serve as advisor to TalkingPoints

Written by TalkingPoints   San Francisco, California (March 15, 2023) — Today TalkingPoints announced that Dr. Karen Mapp, a prominent education scholar in the field of family engagement, will support […]