The Trust-Building Window You Can’t Afford to Miss: 5 Ways to Connect with Families Early This Year
Read Time: 6 minutes Summary: Families aren’t just watching the calendar this fall, they’re watching for signals. Is this school a partner, or just another place sending information? Here are […]
What We Heard at ISTELive and 2026 ASCD Annual Conference
Technology Should Make Room for Relationships, Not Replace Them Author: Vrinda Kokje Key takeaways: TalkingPoints joined school and district leaders and educators in Orlando for the ISTELive and 2026 ASCD […]
From Involvement to Partnership: Key Takeaways from IEL’s CSxFE Conference 2026
Author: Vrinda Kokje More than 4,200 educators, family advocates, district leaders, and community organizers filled the Long Beach Convention Center last week for the Institute for Educational Leadership’s (IEL) 2026 […]
Reflecting on a Milestone Year: TalkingPoints Closes Out Year 10
By Kristie Werner Ten years ago, TalkingPoints started with a simple but powerful belief: that every family — regardless of language, background, or circumstance — deserves a real seat at […]
Back-to-School 2026–27: One Trusted Solution for Family, Classroom, and Districtwide Communication
For schools and districts, communication has never been more important — or more fragmented. Managing attendance outreach, school and districtwide communication, and classroom communication across multiple tools creates extra work […]
From ASU+GSV to TED: The Power of Relationships
By: Heejae Lim, Founder and CEO Earlier this month, I spent time at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego and at TED in Vancouver. While these are two very different […]