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 […]
The link between student behavior and family engagement
Written 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, […]
Family engagement & bullying prevention
Using TalkingPoints to connect, model, and promote awareness Written by Paige DeLozier With grades due and the holidays fast approaching, it’s easy to understand why educators and families are so […]
We used AI to analyze 40 million family-school messages. Here’s what we found.
Written by Leah Walker and Adrienne Luczkow Decades of research have highlighted the importance of family engagement with schools.1,2 The research suggests that the reason that family engagement works to […]
4 themes we heard at the U.N. General Assembly Convening on AI
Written by Tyson Jurgens On September 18, 2023, TalkingPoints had the privilege of attending and presenting at a special convening as part of the United National General Assembly titled Artificial […]