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“Stop the Drop” in K-12 enrollment: 3 steps to improve enrollment with the stories families tell

Written by Kate Pechacek When districts talk about enrollment, the conversation often turns quickly to numbers: projections, cohorts, competition, and funding formulas. But enrollment doesn’t begin on a spreadsheet, and […]

Summer learning ideas

Little brains never stop wanting to explore and grow, and summertime is a wonderful time to nurture that curiosity, but how do we do that? TalkingPoints is here to share some ideas to foster summer learning that kids will enjoy using easy-to-find items!

Polling Option

TalkingPoints polling best practices

Whether you’ve just gained the ability to send polls to families or you’re wanting to take advantage of your account’s built-in features, we want to help you use polling in the best ways. Read on to learn our tips and tricks for sending TalkingPoints polls.

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Engage all families with translated video captions

Written by Paige DeLozier We are so excited to announce the availability of our latest feature making TalkingPoints more accessible than ever before. TalkingPoints translated video captioning makes it super […]

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Hunting for connection

Family engagement through fun and games Written by Brandee Smith My team and I feel like we have the best job on campus because we teach Newcomer Students in Katy […]

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An end-of-year message from our founder

December 18, 2020 As the year comes to a close, we wanted to thank you and wish you Happy Holidays. Despite the many challenges of 2020, there have been silver […]

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TalkingPoints expands reach 6x and facilitates 100M conversations!

TalkingPoints has expanded reach more than 6x since March 2020, connecting more than 3 million teachers and families, and enabling 100 million conversations, in 100 languages!