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Driving Student Outcomes Guide

Explore how TalkingPoints helps students thrive by building trusting relationships between families and schools. This guide highlights the solutions’ impact on attendance, academic achievement, and student well-being.

Effective Family-School Partnerships Lead to Improved Student Attendance: How the TalkingPoints Universal Family Engagement Platform Decreased Absence in Tulsa Public Schools

This study of 30,000 students from Tulsa Public Schools uncovers the impact of TalkingPoints on student attendance. Findings show a statistically significant decrease in absenteeism rates and an increase in days students are present in school.

Family Engagement Drives Results for Marlborough Public Schools

When emails and phone calls fell short, Marlborough Public Schools revitalized family engagement with TalkingPoints. In just two months, staff and families exchanged over 120,000 messages, breaking down barriers and decreasing absenteeism.

Shifting Mindsets to Unlock Student Outcome Gains Through Effective Family-School Partnerships

Evolving family engagement from a “nice to have” to a high-impact strategy starts with a mindset shift. This webinar shares step-by-step instructions for reframing your approach, best practices for digital and in-person engagement, and what outcomes you can expect from this transformation.

Conversation Dynamics: Findings and Recommendations from an Analysis of Quality vs. Quantity in School-Family Communications

TalkingPoints researchers analyze 40 million messages sent within the TalkingPoints platform to understand the dynamic engagement between schools and families. Topics, tone, timing, and staff role all are all research factors studied in this report.

Cincinnati Public Schools Uses TalkingPoints to Ensure an Inclusive Learning Environment

Cincinnati Public Schools empowers the families of its 36,000 students with real-time communication in their native language. From sports practices to permission slip reminders, staff use TalkingPoints to break language barriers for stronger family-school partnerships.