Educator Views on Family Engagement
97% of principals and teachers agree that families and educators should be equal partners in supporting student learning Scholastic has released a principal and teacher report resulting from a survey…
Maria Cantu SHARES Her Classroom
Maria Cantu has been educating children for 12 years; 9 of those years at Daniel Ramírez Elementary School in Pharr, Texas. She knew she wanted to become a teacher when she…
Proactive Family Engagement Efforts
As shared in District Administration Magazine - Q&A with Joni Carswell of LivingTree Increasing student success with proactive family engagement efforts - Having a single platform to house all activity…
Digital tools help districts overcome language barriers to family engagement
As shared in Education Dive Digital tools help districts overcome language barriers to family engagement - One social network's automatic translation feature has helped parents better interact with teachers AUTHOR Tara…
LivingTree Doubles User Base
LivingTree Doubles User Base in Q4 as Parents, Teachers and Students Embrace Its Engagement Platform Skyrockets past the half-million user mark with millions more in the pipeline AUSTIN, TX—December 13,…
Dean Drako, Founder of Barracuda Networks, Acqiuires LivingTree
Drako to Amplify Livingtree Tiered Social Network® Development and Cybersecurity Strength AUSTIN, TX, November 30, 2016 – Livingtree, a K-12 family engagement platform provider, today announced that Dean Drako, founder and…
LIVINGTREE WINS TWO 2016 STEVIE® AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS
LIVINGTREE WINS TWO 2016 STEVIE® AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS Company Recognized for Connecting Communities through Innovative Mobile Platform AUSTIN, TX – November 19, 2016 – LivingTree, a K-12 family…
Communication – Addressing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 introduced many updates regarding family engagement. Anne T. Henderson of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform released an excellent brief detailing the updates. LivingTree…
Guiding Teachers through Family Engagement
Families join our teachers from a variety of circumstances and cultures. Moving beyond beginning of school introductions to partnership takes planning and effort. True family engagement is a year long…
Classroom Family Engagement Rubric
Family engagement is the number one driver of student success, but it is often difficult to set goals and measure results around activities that happen in the classroom. We were…