TalkingPoints
Project Title
As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
TalkingPoints unlocks the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning so that these students can graduate from high school on time, go to college, and become part of an inclusive, diverse workforce in America. Through their multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support, families and teachers are able to connect using human and artificial intelligence, eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to the school and family connection. This renewal grant will provide general operating support to (a) enable TalkingPoints to strengthen and scale their evidence-based solution to support 7M+ educators, families, and students annually (b) expand on their strategic growth campaign with key investments in growth, research & development, thought leadership, and organizational capacity.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
8 months
Description
TalkingPointsunlocks the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning so that these students can graduate from high school on time, go to college, and become part of an inclusive, diverse workforce in America. Through their multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support, families and teachersare able toconnect using human and artificial intelligence, eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to the school and family connection. This renewal grant will provide general operating support to (a) enableTalkingPointsto strengthen and scale their evidence-based solution to support 5M+ educators, families, and students annually by June 2023 (b) expand on their strategic growth campaign with key investments in growth, research & development, thought leadership, and organizational capacity.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
TalkingPointsunlocks the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning so that these students can graduate from high school on time, go to college, and become part of an inclusive, diverse workforce in America. Through their multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support, families and teachersare able toconnect using human and artificial intelligence, eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to the school and family connection. This renewal grant will provide general operating support to (a) enableTalkingPointsto invest in their core platform, doubling its reachfrom 3 to 6 million families in 2022; (b) launching a strategic growth campaign with key investments in growth, research & development, thought leadership, and organizational capacity.
Website
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
TalkingPoints is a non-profit organization with the mission to unlock the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning so that these students can graduate from high school on time, go to college, and become part of an inclusive, diverse workforce in America. Through their multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support, families and teachers are able to connect using human and artificial intelligence (AI)—eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to school/family connection. Continued support from the Corporation will enable TalkingPoints to significantly scale its current reach from 500,000 parents to millions of parents in the long term, refine and formally roll out TalkingPoints Coach version 2.0 which utilizes AI and machine learning and will provide teachers with scaffolded coaching in building strong relationships with parents, and continue to develop the organization’s infrastructure for scale.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
TalkingPoints unlocks the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning so that these students can graduate from high school on time, go to college, and become part of an inclusive, diverse workforce in America. Through their multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support, families and teachers are able to connect using human and artificial intelligence, eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to the school and family connection. This renewal grant will provide general operating support to (a) enable TalkingPoints to invest in their core platform, doubling its reach from 1.5 to 3 million families in 2021; (b) validate the TalkingPoints’ model through research and increased internal data measurement and evaluation capacity; and (c) build organizational infrastructure and technical capacity for scale.
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Project Title
As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for general support
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
8 months
Description
The state of education throughout the United Stateshas shifted since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Families, children and educators have encountered a major disruption in education and transitioned into virtual learning unprepared. These unprecedented moments have emphasized the importance of the home to school connection and the organizations filling this gap are playing an essential role in helping mitigate the effects. TalkingPoints, a Corporation grantee that provides a multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support for families and teachers, has seen record breaking growth since school closures. They have onboarded an additional 500,000 families, nearly doubling their reach in a month, with an additional 800,000 families waiting to be onboarded. TalkingPoints currently serves over 1 millionfamilies nationwide, unparalleled growth that is likely to continue. With additional support from the Corporation, TalkingPoints will continue to onboard families, improve and expand access with priority for Title 1 schools at no cost, and develop additional distance learning and family-facing resources and content.
Website
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Today in the United States, one in four children is born into an immigrant family and by 2040, these young people will be the majority of the school-age population. These students and their families often experience a learning gap compared to their peers, especially when language is a barrier. Research has shown that parent involvement is a strong determinant of student success because parents have the power to influence student behavior and expectations. Founded in 2014, TalkingPoints is a non-profit organization with a mission to unlock the potential of low-income and immigrant families in order to support their children’s learning. Through their multilingual engagement platform which connects parents and teachers via two-way translated messages and personalized supports, TalkingPoints empowers parents with information and tools to engage in their children’s learning process at home and together with their schools. With support from the Corporation, TalkingPoints will expand the reach of its platform, develop new functionalities for teachers, and build its infrastructure to further scale their impact.