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Schools Aren't Businesses, But Customer Service Matters
In 2002, Jamie Robert Vollmer wrote an Education Week article called A Blueberry Story, detailing his experience delivering a speech to encourage t...
By K12 Insight | August 2, 2018 | 3 minutes
seminar in anaheim 2
Blog 3 minutes | July 31, 2018

NSPRA Seminar in Anaheim: Emphasizing Self-Care and Wellness

One thing’s for sure, when 1,000 school public relations professionals gather in one place, the stories start to fly. And some of the best storytel...

schools need stronger reporting
Blog 3 minutes | July 19, 2018

Preventing Violence: Strengthening Reporting Systems in Schools

When it comes to school shootings, it’s easy to feed into stereotypes.Loner; bullying victim; mentally ill. Such terms are often associated wit...

communicators share secret
Blog 3 minutes | July 16, 2018

NSPRA 2018: Insights and Secrets Shared by School Communicators

The #ROAD2NSPRA cultiminated in Southern California this weekend as thousands of school communicators descended on Anaheim, Calif. to share experie...

NSPRA 2018
Blog 3 minutes | July 12, 2018

NSPRA 2018: Embracing Community among School Communicators

I was born in a small town.I cannot type or read those words without singing. (Thank you, Mr. Mellencamp.) Even now, I can close my eyes and me...

staff accountability
Blog 3 minutes | July 10, 2018

Let’s Talk!: Simplifying School Customer Service and Accountability

When you work in a K-12 school, you are always accountable, in some way, to the community you serve.This is true in the political sense--commun...

boundary changes
Blog 1 minute | June 21, 2018

Redrawing the Future: Community Involvement with Proposed Boundary Changes and School Zoning

One of the most difficult — and controversial — planning decisions districts must consider is proposed boundary changes within school districts. ...

key to solving inequity
Blog 3 minutes | June 20, 2018

Report: Can SEL Solve School Inequity?

Social-emotional learning (SEL) experts espouse the approach’s ability to improve student performance and behavior.But can SEL also boost equit...

course correction 21st century skills
Blog 3 minutes | June 19, 2018

Revamping Summer School: Beyond More of the Same

Why do we have summer school?For most school systems, summer school is designed to meet unfilled learning needs for students, especially those...

battle summer slide
Blog 3 minutes | June 15, 2018

Parent Engagement Programs Combatting Summer Slide

"Summer is the most unequal time in America. We pour enormous amounts of resources in children learning but much of that investment stops in the su...

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