Family Engagement Foundations
Activate the Superpower of Partnership
Strong family-school partnerships begin with intentional, accessible digital engagement.
TalkingPoints Foundations equips educators at all levels to connect with every family, every day, building relationships that improve student attendance, well-being, and learning.
What sets TalkingPoints
Foundations apart
TalkingPoints Foundations is designed for entire school teams,
from teachers to staff and site leaders.
Comprehensive
Designed for entire school teams from teachers and staff to site and district leaders
Reach every family
A text-first model reaches 99% of families and gets responses—no apps, email, or Wi-Fi required
Communicate and build trust
Foster meaningful two-way dialogue with industry-leading K–12 translation, contextualized for schools, in 150+ languages
Build staff capacity & save time
Built-in guidance, templates, and event scheduling make best-practice family engagement easier and more sustainable for educators
Proven to strengthen outcomes and already trusted by 1 in 4 districts nationwide.
TalkingPoints Foundations makes it possible to reach every family, build trust, and support educators with a sustainable approach to family engagement.
What Makes TalkingPoints Work
Built-in best practices, districtwide scale, smart use of data, and leading K–12 translation work together to help educators confidently engage every family, in any language, with the right support at the right time.
Embedded
Best Practices
Scaled Famly
Engagement
Data-informed
Guidance
Leading K12
Translation
Proven results
Third-party-validated studies show that using TalkingPoints leads to measurable gains in student outcomes, including academic, behavioral, and attendance outcomes.
Proven results for improving student outcomes
Decreased
absenteeism rates
Improved course
proficiency levels
Improved state
math test scores
A third-party validated quasi-experimental study shows TalkingPoints improved student academics and attendance overall, with outsized results for underserved students.
HOW THE TALKINGPOINTS PLATFORM WORKS:
4 STEPS TO IMPACT
From reach to results, this is how TalkingPoints helps educators strengthen family partnerships to improve student outcomes:
REACH
Text-first model
Reach 99% of families
<1% opt-out
COMMUNICATE
Industry- leading K-12 translation
150+ languages
Human-supported translation
Literacy & accessibility supports
ENGAGE
Two-way engagement
Embedded coaching & tools
Builds staff capacity
IMPROVE
Attendance rates & workflows
Academic outcomes
Student behavior & well-being
Related resources
Oakland Unified School District, CA
Oakland Unified School District is one of the most diverse districts in California, with 50% of students speaking a language other than English…
Elk Grove Unified School District, CA
Teachers in California’s fifth-largest district succeeded in engaging previously unreachable families to show up for meetings and conferences during the pandemic…
Independence High School, Charlotte, NC
In just six months, administrators, teachers, and families sent over 120,000 messages. Principal David Legrand nearly tripled response to a food giveaway event…
Our commitment to impact
As a nonprofit, TalkingPoints builds solutions that are grounded in research and designed for real-world results. We’re proud to partner with Attendance Works to incorporate evidence-based strategies that address the root causes of absenteeism—not just the symptoms. These best practices are built into our platform to help schools and districts take meaningful, proactive steps toward improving attendance.
Ready to build a culture where every student shows up and thrives?
See how our classroom and school-level tools support daily connection with families,
and how our best-practice district communication tools foster clarity and trust across
your entire system.
Ready to build a culture where every student shows up and thrives?
See how our classroom and school-level tools support daily connection with families, and how our best-practice district communication tools foster clarity and trust across your entire system.