Educators and families: Close this education gap and ensure better student learning
New research finds a gap between the information educators and families need from one another to build strong school-family connections — a critical finding since family engagement translates to better […]
The Wall Street Journal Asks: “Why Do Schools Send So Many Emails?”
In this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, family and technology columnist Julie Jargon asks: “Why do schools send so many emails?” Her response (and ours) is that they don’t need to. […]
TalkingPoints Polling Best Practices
Whether you’ve just gained the ability to send polls to families or you’re wanting to take advantage of your account’s built-in features, we want to help you use polling in the best ways. Read on to learn our tips and tricks for sending TalkingPoints polls.
Celebrating 5 Years of Impact with TalkingPoints
This month we celebrate five years of driving family engagement to improve educational outcomes for some of our country’s most vulnerable students. We are so grateful for the support of […]
Family engagement 2020: Silver linings and lessons learned
Much has been written about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. Stay-at-home orders and the shift to distance learning exposed and exacerbated existing inequities, challenged already overworked teachers […]