Schools

Challenges to Reopening Our Schools

“It should be a national priority to get our kids back into school and keep them in school.” — Joe Biden

Using 2-way Communication to Help Execute LCAP Frameworks Across California School Districts

A Blip in One School District’s Back-to-School Excitement

“Back to school” should be one of the most exciting times of year for a young person. New clothes, new hairdos, and the excitement of seeing friends and classmates that you haven’t seen for a couple months (which for middle and…

A Second Idea to Enhance the High School Learning Experience

Last week I wrote about my experience on a recent education-focused panel titled “Future of Ed-Tech: From Personalization to Machine Learning”, and I shared how our esteemed moderator asked a doozy of a final question:

3 Simple Reasons Why Communication is the Lifeblood to Educational Success

By now everyone’s on summer break. The last few public schools in the U.S. have finished their school year; and teachers, students, parents, and administrators have begun a much deserved couple months…

Open, Trusted, And Effective: Digital Communication For Schools And Districts

More and more, schools and districts are moving to digital communication. If you think about how we communicate every day, this is a shift that’s been a long time coming. For one thing, most of us…

One State’s Approach to Delivering Family and Community Engagement in Schools

I’ve never been to New Hampshire, the “Live Free or Die” state. I don’t have any relatives — or friends for that matter — that are from New Hampshire. Yet somehow, as part of Remind’s ongoing…

Family and Community Engagement in Action: Raise Your Hand Texas

As a programmatic theme in education perhaps no topic has become more front and center over the last couple years than the concept of family and community engagement. Last summer I reviewed a handful of the many studies…

Christmas Wishes for Chicago Friends

Not long after I started as CEO at Remind I took a trip to Chicago. The primary purpose of the visit was to meet with former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to get his take on the work we are pursuing to build an important communication platform in education…

3 Areas of Focus for the Secretary of Education

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke this past week at the national summit for the Foundation for Excellence in Education (“ExcelinEd”). Her remarks came amidst a backdrop of media outlets questioning her effectiveness as Ed Secretary and…