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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 […]

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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!

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Staying on families’ RADAR

As teachers on break, we want to respect the space it affords students and their families to relax, but we also want to remain approachable to provide support until school resumes. In other words, we want to stay on families’ RADAR.

East Garner success story – How TalkingPoints serves as the bridge between Wake County Schools and families

TalkingPoints’ multilingual family engagement platform helps build relationships and increase engagement between students, teachers, and families Meet Wake County and East Garner Magnet Middle School Wake County is the largest […]

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Racing to scale during a pandemic

Written by TalkingPoints Tripling the reach of one’s service in just four months — from 500,000 to 1.5 Million — would be impressive and rewarding for anyone. But for TalkingPoints, […]

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Celebrating 5 years of impact with TalkingPoints

Written by TalkingPoints This month we celebrate five years of driving family engagement to improve educational outcomes for some of our country’s most vulnerable students.  We are so grateful for […]

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Teacher spotlight: How TalkingPoints facilitates family engagement and student success during Distance Learning

Meet Jennifer Jennifer McGraner is a junior high English Learner teacher in Pickerington School District in Pickerington, Ohio. Pickerington Schools is a diverse district with over 500 ELs speaking more […]