The Dashboard: A Blog for K-12 Superintendents & Educators

What Worked in K-12 Parent Communication: Four Takeaways from the Pandemic

Erin Winnicki

Updated: April 25, 2022

The initial pandemic school closures created both challenges and opportunities for K-12 school districts with regard to communicating with their students'...

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Why Your District Struggles with Communication Strategy

Ellen Lee

Updated: January 14, 2022

What this Superintendent Did to Gain Oversight If you’ve ever felt like you had no oversight into parent communication in your district, you aren’t alone.

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10 Reasons SchoolStatus Handles Data Better Than a SIS Alone

Ellen Lee

Updated: September 13, 2021

Student information systems have grown over the years to include things like custom dashboards, parent portals, and human resource management. Where many fall...

SchoolStatus Announces Strategic Investment from PSG

Stacy Meyer

Updated: July 13, 2021

Investment to support product innovation and go-to-market acceleration Ridgeland, MS – July 13, 2021 – SchoolStatus, a leading provider of SaaS education...

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A Beginners Framework for Parent-Teacher Communication

Tyler Cummings

Updated: February 4, 2021

When parents are engaged with their child’s education, good things happen. Students are absent less, get in trouble less, and do better on summative...

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4 Ways SchoolStatus Can Help Keep At-Risk Students on Track

Leslie Ortego

Updated: February 2, 2021

At-risk. It’s a common term in education. It’s a scary term to most.

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Messaging and Communication are Not the Same Thing: It’s time to talk about the difference

Ellen Lee

Updated: September 24, 2020

With changes happening daily in school systems, being proactive in communicating with parents is more important than ever. You’ve likely increased the...

Remote Reflections from a Teacher Turned Trainer

Tyler Cummings

Updated: July 2, 2020

SchoolStatus Trainer Tyler Cummings has been asking a lot of questions about the return to school in the fall after months of remote learning and an unusual...

Modified Texas School District Calendars Necessitate New Communication Practices

Erin Winnicki

Updated: June 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures have made it necessary for Texas K-12 public districts to reevaluate their 2020-2021 academic calendar. ...

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