Archive for March 2018
Report Sheds Light on Parents’ Emerging Expectations for School Communication
Data from Blackboard’s recent Trends in Community Engagement Report indicate that schools and districts must strike a balance when communicating with parents. The report included data on communications trends from more than a half-million parents, students, teachers, administrators and community members. Researchers found that parents increasingly prefer to have information “pushed” to them, and email…
Read MoreFirst #NationalSchoolWalkout Offers Communications Lessons for School Districts
Wednesday, March 14 was a historic day in the world of education. While coordinated demonstrations among college students are somewhat common, this was the first time in which K-12 students joined together in a large-scale, nationwide protest. Regardless of where you stand on students’ rights to protest and the issue of gun control, the fact…
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