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6 ways tech simplifies school communication and engagement

April 3, 2025 by Lisa Melashenko & Elena Clemente, Alisal Union School District

Districts often struggle with school communicat, but new platforms help ensure the right messages reach the right groups.

As technology trainers, we support teachers’ and administrators’ technology platform needs, training, and support in our district. We do in-class demos and share as much as we can…

Curriculum & Assessment

Family support is key to closing learning gaps

February 20, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

A new survey shows that educators believe a primary reason for lingering academic and learning gaps is lack of parent or family support.

A lack of parent or family prioritization of academics is the primary reason for learning gaps, according to 46 percent of respondents participating in a recent Study.com survey.

District Management

Elevating family leadership to foster student success

February 10, 2025 by Marcela Andrés, designEDengagement, PBC

Collaboration through family leadership turns schools into high-quality learning spaces that offer equitable opportunities to all students.

Meticulously scrubbing floors until they gleam, braving the scorching sun while securing heavy shingles atop a roof, or navigating the relentless chaos of a packed food line--these aren’t…

District Management

The dos and don’ts of parent-educator communication

January 20, 2025 by Nicole Kluck

Parent-educator communication is a critical cornerstone of effective student support--one that can buoy achievement and belonging.

Strong parent communication ensures that both parties can collaborate as a team throughout the year for the child’s best interest.

District Management

Schools must do more to help families overcome language barriers

September 25, 2024 by Kristin Quinlan, Certified Languages International

Students and families should have equal access to education in schools--no matter what language they speak or what language barriers exist.

It’s a well-documented fact that children experience better academic achievement and social adjustment when parents are involved in their education, but navigating a school system can be challenging.

College and Career Readiness

What data is necessary to help students succeed?

September 4, 2024 by Sam Baule & Steven M. Baule, Ed.D., Ph.D.

A deeper look at what a student-teacher conference should entail reveals insights around how to prepare students for lifelong learning.

In education, the quality and type of feedback students receive can significantly influence their academic success. Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such…

District Management

Educator-parent communication doesn’t have to be a struggle

July 4, 2024 by Jeremy Karnik, Social Studies Teacher

Focusing on digital literacy and improving overall educator-parent communication can help create change in the classroom.

When I think about the challenges and tribulations facing us as educators today, none are more urgent, in my opinion, than improving the communication links between educators and…

Innovation Insights

Best of ISTE: How to Build Student Engagement

July 9, 2024July 1, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

Lego Education hosted a breakfast panel on ISTE Day #1 devoted to one of the most perplexing post-pandemic problems for ... Read more

Live @ ISTE 2024

ISTELive news: LEGO Education previews student engagement data

June 26, 2024 by Laura Ascione

LEGO Education’s Dr. Jenny Nash, Head of Education Impact, previewed compelling and surprising data on the U.S. student disengagement crisis. ... Read more

Community is Key to Saving Schools

May 17, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

While not a new concept, the importance of building a sense of community within school districts has never been more ... Read more

K-12 Cybersecurity

The evolving requirements of a K-12 school network

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 by Gerry Grealish, Cradlepoint

With a zero-trust solution, K-12 IT managers can have more control over who enters the figurative doors of their K-12 network.

As the school year began this year, the White House announced several initiatives to curb cyberattacks on K-12 schools. This was in response to a 2022-2023 school year…

Teaching Trends

6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024

March 4, 2024 by Michael B. Horn

As a new calendar year gets underway, new initiatives and trends will emerge to impact teaching and learning in K-12 schools.

As we move through the beginning of 2024, parent power, rethinking assessments, and career and technical education (CTE) for every student are some of the trends rippling through…

Newsline

Loudoun County Public Schools Offers New Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Resources for Parents and Students

February 16, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

SALT LAKE CITY – The Cook Center for Human Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to mental health and suicide prevention, has ... Read more

College and Career Readiness

Helping students navigate college majors

December 4, 2023 by Sam Bowman, Contributing Writer, eSchool News

When trying to help students navigate college majors, focus on understanding their needs and motivations as you proceed.

Deciding on a college major is a tricky decision for even the most dedicated of students. Before enrolling, students have to consider their own skills, their career prospects,…

District Management

6 tips for communicating with emergent bilingual families

November 29, 2023 by Dr. Kara Stern, Head of Education Solutions, SchoolStatus

It's crucial to acknowledge and overcome the barriers that impede communication with emergent bilingual families.

Experienced educators understand that students thrive when their families are actively engaged in their education. This is particularly crucial as we navigate the challenges of helping students recover…

District Management

How we ensure flexibility in our school district communications

August 18, 2023 by Gina Gentry-Fletcher, Director of School & Community Relations, Fairfield City School District

A director of community relations explains how her school district communications improved after working to reach families in different ways.

Like any district, we often need to communicate with our families about upcoming events, days schools might be closed, or details about crises, among other things. With such…

District Management

Your top 5 school-home communication challenges, solved

July 28, 2023June 28, 2023 by Brooke Allen, Director of Communications, Crown Point Indiana Community School Corporation

A unified school-home communications platform gives educators and families choice and control over their communication preferences.

Implementing a unified communication solution focused on family engagement provides school districts with multiple benefits. An intuitive, easy-to-use program can standardize communication between school and home, for example,…

Engaging All Parents: A 6 Part Guide to School Communications That Work

July 26, 2023May 19, 2023 by Jeff Festa

Almost 50 million children are enrolled in US public schools. Let’s make sure we’re reaching their families like we should ... Read more

Newsline

CoderZ Names Tony Oran as Chief Executive Officer

April 10, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

DERRY, N.H. – CoderZ, the award-winning, gamified, cloud-based robotics and STEM platform, has announced that Tony Oran is joining the ... Read more

K-12 Cybersecurity

Ransomware attacks on schools are only getting worse

April 7, 2023 by Rob Cataldo, Managing Director, North America, Kaspersky

Ransoms aside, the cost of remediating the damage from ransomware incidents can be in the millions

Just a few years ago, ransomware probably didn’t rank very high on a list of things parents regularly talked about. But the odds are getting higher that if…

Education Policy & Funding

Federal COVID relief funding will dry up soon. Are districts ready?

March 10, 2023 by Koby Levin, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit

A windfall of COVID relief funding allowed Michigan districts to balance budgets, improve school buildings, and expand academic programs.

For the past couple of years, the Detroit Public Schools Community District has been able to tap its share of federal COVID relief aid to fund after-school enrichment…

District Management

5 ways video improves school-home communication

January 9, 2023 by Leslie Ortego, Director of Customer Success, SchoolStatus

Here are some tips and strategies for using video to increase parent engagement and school-home communication success.

Increasingly, district leaders are incorporating video into school-home communication. Many districts that tried video options out of necessity during the pandemic are seeing the benefits that video can…

SEL Trends

Parents are turning to schools for student mental health

December 14, 2022 by Jacqueline Wight, MA, LPC, Director of Mental Health Services, Dotcom Therapy

Schools are realizing that providing supports for student mental health is much like the importance of free school lunches.

School counselors and social workers, teachers, and administrators have always been integral to a parent's support network. This is particularly true for children who struggle in class and…

5 Strategies to build into your school’s remote education strategy

March 8, 2023November 17, 2022 by Jeff Festa

Learning is social. Remote teaching must have a virtual classroom platform that enables engaging content, student participation and collaboration, professional ... Read more

Emergency Planning & Response

3 ways schools play a vital role in community safety

December 7, 2022November 8, 2022 by Sam Bowman, Contributing Writer, eSchool News

Local schools can uplift safety in the community, providing a place outside of traditional school hours for children and families to feel secure

Schools do so much for a community. They provide a safe place for children to learn and grow each day, filled with educators who truly care. However, as…

Newsline

SchoolStatus Names New Chief Revenue Officer and Expands Sales Team to Build on its Continued Growth

August 10, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

RIDGELAND, Miss., August 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SchoolStatus, a leading provider of an education communications platform designed to improve student outcomes through data ... Read more

District Management

How our district established a unified communication platform

March 7, 2022 by Caroline Chapman, Director of Communications & Advisement, Canandaigua City School District

This district consolidated multiple tools into one communication platform to save time and money--and to focus on equity.

With 3,300 students across three different schools, our district was using a variety of diverse applications for school-to-home communications. They all handled separate aspects of our teacher-parent communications,…

Newsline

SchoolStatus Acquires TeachBoost, Enhancing Communications and Support Solutions for K12 Educators

March 3, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

RIDGELAND, Miss. , March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SchoolStatus, a leading provider of K-12 school communications solutions designed to improve student outcomes through data ... Read more

Building & Campus Security

3 proactive school safety measures leaders can take in 2022

December 7, 2022February 21, 2022 by Todd Miller, SVP of Strategic Programs, Rave Mobile Safety

School safety is a collaborative responsibility and connecting all of the key stakeholders to keep students, faculty, and staff safe is essential

Nationwide, schools are preparing for potentially harmful threats, putting precautions in place, and evolving the school safety landscape.

District Management

5 tips to increase parent engagement

February 9, 2022 by Leslie Ortego, Director of Customer Success, SchoolStatus

Parent engagement is critical to a thriving school community--here's how to make it a long-term success

Parent-school relationships have always been a vital part of student success, but the importance of establishing and maintaining meaningful parent engagement was emphasized by the pandemic.

Coding and Robotics

How coding shapes students’ future success

December 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Yasser Jilani, COO and Co-Founder, Code With Us

Here are three major and far-reaching reasons why building coding skills in students should start as early as possible

With unpredictability fast becoming our daily bread, what can be more important than preparing the next generations for future challenges? Every parent wants to secure the best foundation…

Newsline

California’s Oakland USD Adopts Aeries Communications Powered by ParentSquare to Enhance School-Home Engagement Efforts

November 19, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Santa Barbara, CA—Nov. 17, 2021—Aeries Communications—the unified school-home communications platform powered by ParentSquare for the Aeries® Student Information System (SIS)—is ... Read more

Ancillary

7 strategies to get teacher buy-in for new technology tools

November 3, 2021 by Susan Oehlertz, District Technology Integrationist, Pocahontas Area Elementary

Edtech tools can prove invaluable to teachers who have limited time to juggle planning, teaching, and grading during the school year.

Parent engagement is a driving factor behind any child’s success in school—but a nationwide survey of more than 1,000 teachers found that parents are often disengaged in their…

Newsline

SchoolStatus Acquires Operoo; Accelerates Vision to Build World’s Leading Unified K-12 Analytics, Communications, and Workflow Platform

October 29, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

RIDGELAND, Miss., Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SchoolStatus, a leading provider of an education communications platform designed to improve student outcomes through ... Read more

School Library Innovations

Student-centered learning lessons from the Future Ready Library Summit

December 12, 2023September 14, 2021 by Britten Follett

As students return to the classroom, school librarians understand the importance of student-centered learning and social-emotional support

As students across the country began heading back to classrooms, a couple hundred library leaders participated in one of this summer’s Future Ready Library Summits. The guiding principle…

Newsline

ParentSquare Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Unifying School-Home Communications and Strengthening Family Engagement

September 10, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. SEPTEMBER 10, 2021—For decades, districts, schools, and teachers used different tools to communicate with families, making it ... Read more

Newsline

ClassTag Launches ClassTag Goods to Eliminate Needless Teacher Out-of-Pocket Spending

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK, NY, August 12, 2021: ClassTag, the leading parent-teacher engagement platform, today announced the launch of ClassTag Goods, a ... Read more

COVID-19 Update

What the pandemic has taught me about education

July 29, 2021 by Sam Nord, Vice President of Global Sales, Listen Technologies

Education has been on a rollercoaster during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, some encouraging truths are coming to light.

I’m not a formal educator, but I am a parent to a student who spent a good chunk of the last year learning from home. I also work…

District Management

7 ways to get teacher buy-in for new edtech

July 15, 2021 by Susan Oehlertz, District Technology Integrationist, Pocahontas Area Elementary

Teacher buy-in carries a tremendous amount of weight when it comes to an edtech initiative's success--here's how to get it.

Parent engagement is a driving factor behind any child’s success in school—but a recent nationwide survey of more than 1,000 teachers found that parents are often disengaged in…

COVID-19 Update

5 ways to make the summer count for students

June 21, 2021 by Amy Jenkins, Head of Schools and Distribution, OutSchool

Summer break is short, but students can have fun while they keep their learning skills strong

Whether you’re working to engage kids at home, or planning for how to engage them in school, we’ve rounded up tips for schools and parents to make the…

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