What’s New for the 2025-26 School Year
Powerful Tools to Drive Student Success & Strengthen Family Engagement
We're expanding TalkingPoints for the upcoming school year with powerful new tools that go beyond communication to help schools deepen connections with families and improve outcomes for every student.
Successful Students Through Strong Partnerships
TalkingPoints Foundations now includes, easy-to-use tools to help build strong, positive connections between schools and families:
- Quick Kudos - Celebrate student achievements instantly with just a few clicks!
- Positive Message Tracking - Easily track positive engagement to ensure every student receives recognition.
- Family Check-Ins - Stay connected throughout the year with pre-built messages aligned with key school calendar moments
Research note - Why it matters:
Research shows that a 4:1 ratio of positive to constructive messages builds trust, strengthening family-teacher partnerships, making it easier to partner with families when challenges arise.
Maintain Connections, Streamline Communications
- Easy Event Management - Simplify scheduling with easy event creation, family sign-ups, and calendar syncing—great for conferences, family nights, and more!
- Personalized Messaging - School administrators and staff can message families from either their personal accounts, or the school's official inbox, seamlessly switching between the two based on communication needs.
- More Efficient Staff and School Announcements - Administrators can include staff on announcements along with students or families—ensuring the right people get the right information.
Transform Attendance Data into Action That Reduces Absenteeism
Introducing: TalkingPoints Attendance Improvement Plus
Chronic absenteeism remains a challenge impacting student success. TalkingPoints is introducing a new Attendance Improvement Plus add-on package that helps tackle this head-on!
- Real-Time Attendance Dashboard - Get a centralized view of attendance data* and trends, making it easy to track and act on.
- Smarter, Targeted Messaging - Engage families in a two-way dialogue, whether celebrating perfect attendance or providing resources to those facing challenges.
- Automated Daily Absence Messages - Proactively notify families and offer support to get students back on track.
- Attendance Messaging Series - Share research-backed messages with families to highlight why attendance matters and how they can support their students.
- Dedicated Attendance Inbox - Consolidates attendance-related messages in a separate inbox from other school communications.
Special Introductory Pricing for 2025-26 school year
* Attendance Improvement Plus requires the TalkingPoints Connector.
Extend Classroom Learning at Home
Introducing: TalkingPoints Academic Improvement Plus
Introducing Academic Improvement Plus - designed to help families easily support classroom learning at home - included free for the 2025-26 school year.
- Home Learning Activities - Teachers can quickly share research-based activities that families can do at home to reinforce what’s happening in the classroom.
- No Teacher Prep Required - Simply select a grade level and topic, and TalkingPoints will create an easy-to-use home activity.