From Apps to Announcements: Increasing School-Parent Engagement with Communications Technology

From Apps to Announcements: Increasing School-Parent Engagement with Communications Technology

West’s Education group, the provider of SchoolMessenger solutions, surveyed hundreds of K-12 administrators across the United States to discover district attitudes about parent engagement and communication technology. The survey reveals:

  • What districts rate as the most effective forms of communication for engaging parents
  • Favorite channels for various forms of communications (i.e. one-way vs. two-way communication)
  • Communications channels that districts plan to focus on in the future

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