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Winter Celebrations in Culturally-Responsive Classrooms

With these tips, and the incredible resources and contributions of your students’ families, you’ll make this year’s holiday celebration one that students will remember, cherish, and learn from too.

Family Conferences that Count

Written by Paige DeLozier Rethinking parent-teacher conferences One of the amazing things about American education is that conferences are portrayed as informational meetings for students’ families to learn their current […]

Lightening your load with TalkingPoints and Tarjimly

Written by Paige DeLozier in association with Sara Haj-Hassan of Tarjimly “My plate is too full.” “I am wearing so many hats this year.” I have lost count of how […]

The Link Between Student Behavior and Family Engagement

by Heather Dooley  While schools have resumed a level of normalcy post-COVID, the impact distance learning had on student behavior persists. At the start of the 2023-24 school year, educators […]

Family Engagement & Bullying Prevention

Using TalkingPoints to Connect, Model, and Promote Awareness by Paige DeLozier With grades due and the holidays fast approaching, it’s easy to understand why educators and families are so busy […]

6 ways TalkingPoints removes barriers to communication with families

by Paige D.   Every teacher knows that effective communication with students’ families is essential to building a supportive classroom community. The reality, however, is that not all family engagement […]

Moving from communication to engagement

Written by Paige D.   Welcoming students and families back to school is the first and most important task of the year. The impact this first impression has on relationships, […]

‘It’s your birthday!’ and other happy things

Written by Paige DeLozier   At TalkingPoints, we believe that family engagement must include positive interactions.   Dr. Karen Mapp, America’s foremost expert on family engagement, explains how making families […]

The Power of Partnership Starts with Trust

TalkingPoints Talks with Ali Sutherland, EL Teacher   In the ten years Ali Sutherland has been teaching, she says she has recognized that the ideal relationship between a teacher and […]

Empowering Connections – TalkingPoints Looks Back on the 2022-2023 School Year

One of the joys of being an educator is having a front-row seat to the constant state of change in a child’s life. Thanks to their limitless curiosity, children are […]

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Dr. Karen Mapp, America’s Foremost Expert on Family Engagement, to Serve as Advisor to TalkingPoints

San Francisco, California (March 15, 2023) — Today TalkingPoints announced that Dr. Karen Mapp, a prominent education scholar in the field of family engagement, will support TalkingPoints as an advisor […]

TalkingPoints Looks Back on 2022

2022 is coming to an end, and the team at TalkingPoints is thrilled to see so many new relationships formed and conversations happening between families and educators. We’re honored to […]