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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 […]

TalkingPoints looks back on 2022

Written by Paige DeLozier 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 […]

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What is equitable family engagement?

Written by Paige DeLozier It’s a well known fact that the more families are involved in their students’ studies, the better the students perform. But in a time where “equity” […]

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WATCH: The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools

Written by TalkingPoints More than 550,000 people have already viewed the TED Talk delivered by our CEO Heejae Lim, entitled “The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools,” on how […]

Educators and families: Close this education gap and ensure better student learning

Written by TalkingPoints 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 […]

The Wall Street Journal asks: “Why do schools send so many emails?”

Written by Heather Dooley 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 […]