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TalkingPoints Using innovative technology to drive student success by unlocking the superpower of families to fuel their children’s learning

✨2021 Best Family Communication Platform for Teachers & Schools
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🎉 It's week 3 of 4 for ! 🎉Enter today for your chance to win $250 for your classroom. Remember, you need to enter each ...
08/25/2026

🎉 It's week 3 of 4 for ! 🎉

Enter today for your chance to win $250 for your classroom. Remember, you need to enter each week to stay eligible, so don't forget to re-enter even if you've entered before.

Know a teacher who deserves a boost? Share this post to help spread the word!

Enter here: https://hubs.la/Q04v6QCf0

🎉 Meet our second 2026 winner! 🎉Congratulations to Madame Bedell, Special Education Teacher in Ellicott City, MD! We'r...
08/22/2026

🎉 Meet our second 2026 winner! 🎉

Congratulations to Madame Bedell, Special Education Teacher in Ellicott City, MD! We're so grateful for the work you do for your students every day. This is winner 2 of 4 — stay tuned, we'll be announcing our next winner next Friday!

The contest runs through September 4, and you'll need to enter each week for a chance to win.

https://hubs.la/Q04tXcG40

Tomorrow, we pick our 2nd winner! 🎉Last chance to enter this week — and don't forget to share to help more teachers he...
08/20/2026

Tomorrow, we pick our 2nd winner! 🎉

Last chance to enter this week — and don't forget to share to help more teachers hear about it.

Enter here: https://hubs.la/Q04tMs4K0

Families aren't just watching the calendar this fall. They're watching for signals. Is this school a partner, or just an...
08/20/2026

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?

Kate Pechacek, K12 strategic advisor and CEO of OpendoorsEd, dug into five ways schools can shape that answer in the first month:

1️⃣ Make the first interaction intentionally positive
2️⃣ Ask before you assume — families know things no data system can tell you
3️⃣ Sending information isn't the same as communicating
4️⃣ Establish partnership before you actually need it
5️⃣ Keep it consistent from the classroom to the district office

None of this is complicated. The hard part is doing it for every family, every time, at scale.

Read Kate's full post 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q04tJHJP0

For schools and districts already partnering with TalkingPoints, encouraging families to download the app is one simple ...
08/17/2026

For schools and districts already partnering with TalkingPoints, encouraging families to download the app is one simple way to deepen engagement this fall.

Here's what it adds:
✅ One organized view of every child, every class
✅ Text-to-speech and speech-to-text, in a family's own language
✅ "Help Me Understand," which unpacks school jargon on the spot
✅ Class events and RSVPs in one calendar

Our latest post shares ready-to-use blurbs, flyers, and talking points for getting more families in your school to explore it.

Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04tfJ770

Another week, another chance to ! 🎉Enter each week for a chance to win $250 to put toward your classroom. Winners annou...
08/17/2026

Another week, another chance to ! 🎉

Enter each week for a chance to win $250 to put toward your classroom. Winners announced every Friday through September 4.

Enter here: https://hubs.la/Q04t7hmV0

🎉 Meet our first 2026 winner! 🎉Congratulations to Mrs. Wells, 1st Grade Teacher at North Duplin Elementary School in N...
08/14/2026

🎉 Meet our first 2026 winner! 🎉

Congratulations to Mrs. Wells, 1st Grade Teacher at North Duplin Elementary School in North Carolina! We're so grateful for the work you do for your students every day.

This is winner 1 of 4 — stay tuned, we'll be announcing our next winner next Friday! The contest runs through September 4, and you'll need to enter each week for a chance to win, so don't forget to re-enter!

https://hubs.la/Q04t6Bdr0

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"Start Strong: Relationship-First Family Partnerships from Day One" is coming up!One of the strongest levers for school ...
08/14/2026

"Start Strong: Relationship-First Family Partnerships from Day One" is coming up!

One of the strongest levers for school improvement isn't a new program — it's how your team approaches family relationships from day one.

Join Ari Gerzon-Kessler, Family Partnerships lead for Boulder Valley School District and Founder and CEO of Same Team Consulting, alongside TalkingPoints' Amanda Ensor, for a practical look at building family partnership from the ground up.

📅 Thursday, August 20, 2026 | 🕘 9:00 AM PT

Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording.

Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04t451G0

is back! 🎉Every fall, teachers pour so much into getting their classrooms ready for students. We want to help make tha...
08/12/2026

is back! 🎉

Every fall, teachers pour so much into getting their classrooms ready for students. We want to help make that a little easier.

Today through September 4, we're giving away weekly gift cards to help teachers cross items off their classroom wish lists.

Enter here: https://hubs.la/Q04sBy5x0

Because when teachers have what they need, students do too. 💙

Our SXSW EDU PanelPicker proposal is officially open for voting!Families are one of the greatest influences on student l...
08/06/2026

Our SXSW EDU PanelPicker proposal is officially open for voting!

Families are one of the greatest influences on student learning, but we're still learning what effective family-school partnerships look like at scale.

Our session, "Inside the Future of Family-School Partnerships," brings together educators, researchers, nonprofits, funders, and edtech leaders to explore how AI can support family engagement, ways to expand it without adding educator workload, and research-backed strategies for building trust and student success.

Featuring:
⭐ Mallary Swartz, Director of Research at TalkingPoints
⭐ David Park, President of Learning Heroes

💙 Vote here: https://hubs.la/Q04s7zG60

Just requires a free PanelPicker account.

Thank you for supporting stronger family-school partnerships!

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