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What if Culture Is the Strategy for District Improvement?

Written by Kate Pechacek Most district strategic plans contain dozens of initiatives. New curriculum adoptions, attendance campaigns, mental health supports, technology implementations, staff retention efforts. Each one is driven by […]

Family Engagement Study

2021 family engagement study: Insights for building effective school-family partnerships

Research comparing COVID-19 distance learning family engagement insights from the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years.

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 […]