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Don’t Go Dark: Why School-Family Communication Shouldn’t Stop During Summer Months

Written by Amanda Ensor Walk into any Target, Walmart, or Dollar Tree in early July and you’ll see it: the back-to-school aisle, already stocked. Crayons, glue sticks, and composition notebooks […]

Here to help: TalkingPoints for Schools and Districts FREE

Written by TalkingPoints As you know, TalkingPoints provides a family engagement platform with two-way translation, coaching and content. As a mission-driven non-profit, we’re focused on what we can do to […]

5 tips to jump start your connections with families

Written by TalkingPoints The beginning of a new school year can be quite a busy time for you. You’re setting up a new classroom, planning your lessons, and most importantly, […]

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6 tips for engaging parents before, during, and after back-to-school night

Written by TalkingPoints The beginning of the school year brings lots of new and exciting things for teachers, families, and students! One of those is always Back to School Night, […]

Google AI Challenge

Heejae Lim, founder and CEO of TalkingPoints with Ms. Velasquez, an elementary school teacher from Oakland TalkingPoints announced today a grant investment round by Google.org of $1.5 million to offer personalized, real-time coaching content to parents and teachers while continuously improving the translation quality on the TalkingPoints family engagement platform

TalkingPoints – WestEd study report: TalkingPoints increases parent engagement for student success

Written by TalkingPoints Strong parent-teacher partnerships are key to supporting students’ success in the classroom. When teachers and parents are in regular communication about students’ needs, progress and successes, students […]

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