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Introduction to TalkingPoints

Discover how TalkingPoints’ Universal Family Engagement platform helps build strong school-family partnerships in this short overview video.

Pittsburgh Public Schools Drives Huge Increases in Family Engagement

Pittsburgh Public Schools’ partnership with TalkingPoints began during the pandemic when communication home became challenging. Since then, real-time translated text messages and video captions continue to transform engagement and family relationships.

How This Mounds View Public School Improved Attendance Reporting

School staff spent hours calling families of absent students every day, often with little to no response. With unexcused absences on the rise, Mounds View Public Schools transformed its attendance process using TalkingPoints’ text-based engagement—seeing immediate results.

Implementing Family Engagement Strategies in the Second Semester: Root Causes, Resources, and Relationships

Use first-semester data to strengthen family partnerships and improve student outcomes before the school year ends. This recorded edWebinar provides districts with actionable family engagement strategies to implement after winter break.

Strong Tier 2-3 Family Engagement to Ensure Student Outcomes: 5 Spring Strategies

Engaged families are the key to gaining critical insight into why a student may be struggling. In this edWebinar, district leaders will learn five actionable strategies for engaging with and learning from families to support Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.

5 Strategies for District Comms Leaders to Build Trust with Families (While Tackling the Urgent)

District communication can move beyond just high-priority, time sensitive topics and into authentic, trust building messages. This webinar shares five practical strategies to turn every communication into a meaningful connection with families.