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“Educators need multiple, innovative ways to reach and involve a student’s family members. Our voice-activated Alexa skill provides instant information…

Education technology companies are now able to build their own custom voice commands for Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, to give…

Improving student behavior starts with a positive school culture. With the right research, leaders and teachers own the process to…

Each year, more than 3 million students face out-of-school suspensions (OSS), typically for nonviolent behavior. Students with disabilities and students…

A study from Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance for New Orleans claims a New Orleans-based data tracking service shows “promise”…

New white paper outlines process to achieve similar reductions in suspensions with data-driven approach, Kickboard platform and professional development services NEW ORLEANS…

King County, Wash., school and nonprofit organization purchase Kickboard platform and professional services to support a positive school culture and…

Excused absences, unexcused absences, suspensions—all contribute to chronic absenteeism, which is defined as missing 10 percent or more school days…

While it may seem like common sense that students have to be in school to learn, chronic absenteeism persists in…

Kickboard’s professional development services, including the new Advancing Racial Equity in Education program, will help LAUSD schools build leadership capacity…

NEW ORLEANS — June 6, 2018 — New Orleans-based Kickboard, maker of the award-winning Kickboard school culture system, has relocated its headquarters from…

An easy, objective way to assess beneficial behaviors and interactions in your schools District Administration (DA) Schools Can Create Positive…

Acclaimed school reform strategist David Hardy outlines steps for developing an action plan to improve classroom attendanceNew White Paper Shares…

Social-emotional learning company Aperture Education and Kickboard, a provider of technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, have formed a…

Partnership focuses on helping schools collect, monitor and analyze student social and emotional skill and behavior data District Administration Magazine…

Social-emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education and Kickboard, which provides technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, have partnered to…

At Carmen Northwest High School (CNHS), a majority of students are from low-income homes in Milwaukee’s central city, where access…

http://inservice.ascd.org/5-ways-to-build-a-positive-culture-and-improve-school-performance/In many high-poverty urban areas, there is usually at least one school that has a reputation for being a “tough…

An analysis of more than 152 million student behavior instances collected over seven years by educators in 645 schools has…

A growing body of research confirms that school culture significantly influences student learning. Indeed, it’s in the culture that classrooms…

Nationally recognized thought leaders on climate and culture Tom Hierck and Jennifer Medbery discuss how K-12 districts and schools can…

Building relationships and supporting the needs, talents, and interests of our students and teachers is of the utmost importance. Yet…

Kickboard Named SIIA Education CODiE Award Finalist in Best Data Solution and Best Classroom Management Solution CategoriesKickboard Named SIIA Education…

http://bit.ly/2p90B3JJen Medbery Story About School Climate and Culture Data is Featured in AASA’s The School Administrator MagazineAASA | The School…

Kickboard School Culture System Is Named a Finalist in the 2017 EdTech Digest Awards for Classroom Management Solution for Teachers…

Education thought leaders Tom Hierck, Kent Peterson and former Arkansas Education Commissioner Ken James are announced as inaugural members.Kickboard Forms…

Kickboard today announces it has expanded its award-winning school culture system to include a full complement of collaborative, research-based professional…

http://bit.ly/2lbAWJFIf students curse, fight or show other bad behaviors at Carver Elementary School, they aren’t suspended. More likely, they’ll have…

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/01/02/hot-edtech-trends-2017/2/In 2016, educators began realizing that while big data can be very helpful, it is not enough. To truly make…

https://edtechdigest.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/from-awareness-to-action-5-steps-to-change-your-school-culture/How would your teachers, students, and parents describe your school’s environment? Most of us are familiar with the benefits of…

https://www.naesp.org/principal-novemberdecember-2016-classrooms-focus/raising-bar-change-school-culture-boosts-student-acResearch shows that the amount of time students spend engaging in instruction is highly correlated with academic achievement. So, when…

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161130005185/en/St.-Louis-Public-Schools-Reduce-Suspensions-ReferralsAfter implementing the Kickboard school culture system in five schools and seeing dramatic reductions in suspensions and discipline referrals —…

http://bit.ly/2dP7ClsA trail of “big data” now follows each student from the first day of kindergarten through high school graduation and…

Founder Jennifer Medbery staying on to drive product innovation and thought leadership Kickboard Names EdTech Industry Veteran Stefan Kohler As…

A position paper of the Character Education Partnership that shares three conditions for building positive school cultures.http://www.character.org/uploads/PDFs/White_Papers/DevelopingandAssessingSchoolCulture.pdf

By Lindsay O’Brennan & Catherine Bradshaw, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence | This brief provides an…

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/behavior-battle-high-low-tech-solutions-james-patersonIt was the last period of a gloomy Tuesday in February. The teacher, a happy, hardworking guy who relished teaching…

http://inservice.ascd.org/managing-student-behavior-with-positivity-and-kindness/When preK–12 educators talk about managing student behavior, the focus is often on negative behaviors. In our school district, like…

https://edtechdigest.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/high-on-edtech-in-the-mile-high-city/ISTE 2016 reveals the edtech field to now be significantly maturing, employing sophisticated technologies to provide crowdsourced instructional, assessment, and…

Education World | Some ideas from thought leader Dr. Kent D. Peterson on the staff relationships that help define school…

By Marcia Powell | A teacher’s thoughtful reflection on the day to day of school culture and how to think…

By Tess Johnston, Kristy Snyder, and Christopher Wooleyhand | Some strategies for supporting and encouraging positive behaviors and appropriately addressing…

By Angus J. Macneil, Doris L. Prater, Steve Busch | A study exploring the differences in school culture factors among…

In a new study, more than 90 percent of K-12 administrators and teachers surveyed believe that addressing student behavior and…

With the Kickboard school culture system, K-12 educators can create safe, happy classrooms and schools where staff and students thrive…

The free 30-day trial of the Kickboard school culture system includes the features most relevant to principals so they can…

Edtech Digest Awards Program Recognizes Kickboard As The Top Classroom Management Solution For Teachers. The Kickboard school culture system is…

Four schools share quick and easy practices to improve attendance, reduce discipline referrals and suspensions, and increase academic achievement.With New…

The behavior RTI System allows teachers to quickly assign and track interventions, and act on real-time, quantitative data to create…

The Kickboard school-wide behavior management system has received top honors in the Classroom Management category of the first-ever Readers’ Choice…

The Kickboard instructional management solution for K-12 districts and schools has been named a finalist in the “Cool Tools” student…

Protecting the privacy and security of student data is crucial for any company serving K-12 schools. Many companies, however, find…

Research shows that students with involved parents do better in school, have higher attendance, turn in their homework, and have…

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and the Louisiana Innovation Council selected Kickboard, developers of the award-winning instructional management solution of the…

Kickboard, developers of the award-winning instructional management solution of the same name, has received an Honorable Mention in the Crystal…

Students of all ages who struggle in school send out warning signals to let educators know they may be veering…

The Kickboard instructional management solution has been named one of the top K-12 technology products for 2014-15 by the readers…

What kinds of ed tech tools and capabilities do teachers most want in their classrooms? Through its participation in industry…

The Kickboard instructional management solution has been named a finalist in the 2014 SIIA Education CODiE Awards for Best Classroom…

The Kickboard instructional management solution won the Cool Tool Award in the Student Academic Tracking Solution category of the 2014…

Research shows that student learning is affected by nonacademic as well as academic factors. Enabling students to achieve their full…