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Celebrate the Standout School-Home Communicators in Your K-12 District

SchoolStatus

Updated: May 18, 2023

Busy? Here's the TL;DR Educator & staff support leads to student success to remember to recognize and celebrate the people who make school-home communication...

6 Tips for Communicating with Emergent Bilingual Families

Erin Winnicki

Updated: May 11, 2023

Educators agree that students who have engaged families tend to have better attendance in school and performance in the classroom.

The Case for Coming to School: One Strategy for Improving Attendance

Dr. Kara Stern

Updated: April 17, 2023

My dad used to open every conversation with, “What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?”

Teacher planning lessons and answering emails

3 Ways ChatGPT Can Help with Your School Communications

Dr. Kara Stern

Updated: March 30, 2023

Everybody's talking about ChatGPT and how it's going to impact what happens in the classroom.

High school student walking and talking with a caring teacher

Teens, Absenteeism & School-Connectedness: 1 Simple Fix

Dr. Kara Stern

Updated: March 13, 2023

Checking for Equity: Making Sure Classroom Communications Reach Home

Dr. Kara Stern

Updated: February 6, 2023

💻 Busy? Here's the TL;DR To ensure maximum readability, run your newsletter through an equity checklist:

A teacher with good classroom attendance calls on a student

1 Easy Way to Improve Absenteeism? Send a Weekly Class Update

Dr. Kara Stern

Updated: January 23, 2023

We all know the impact Covid has had on student attendance — we’ve seen it play out in classrooms, budgets, and NAEP scores. Beyond the immediate staggering...

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'...

Why you school district struggles with your communication strategy

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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