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 […]
Moving from communication to engagement
Written by Paige DeLozier 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, […]
Dr. Karen Mapp, America’s foremost expert on family engagement, to serve as advisor to TalkingPoints
Written by 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 […]
Higher scores, lower absenteeism: Read the research
By Kevin Fosnacht, Ph.D. As our CEO and Founder Heejae Lim recently said in her TED Talk: “A parent is a child’s first teacher and children spend 80% of […]
Growing recognition of family engagement’s role in student success… and of TalkingPoints
Photo by Ryan Lash, TED, 2022. Written by TalkingPoints The movement to strengthen family-school connections is rapidly gaining momentum across the country. Don’t take our word for it. In a […]
TalkingPoints receives transformational gift from MacKenzie Scott
Written by TalkingPoints San Francisco, California, March, 24, 2022 — TalkingPoints, a nonprofit dedicated to removing systemic barriers to family engagement in education, today announced it has received a $10 […]