Kara Stern

Kara Stern is head of content at SchoolStatus, a fully-integrated data analytics and communications platform designed to improve student outcomes through a unique combination of comprehensive data and direct school-home engagement. She came to SchoolStatus via Smore, a leading digital school newsletter platform. A former teacher, middle school principal, and head of school, she holds a Ph.D. in teaching & learning from NYU.

5 ways to optimize back-to-school night for relationship building

Anyone who’s given a back-to-school night presentation knows there's no way a teacher can fit everything they need to share with families.

Tips on school communications for the stress of the 24/7 news cycle

Even if teachers don’t intend to discuss what’s going on at home ands adults try to keep hard news from their children’s ears, the pervasiveness of social media and 24/7 news cycles make it impossible to keep children from events that feel scary and incomprehensible.

Want to de-stress the school year? Ramp up your school-home communications

There is one hack every educator can use—regardless of subject or class size—to improve the status quo: increase school-home communication.

3 ways school leaders can combine ChatGPT and K12 to save time

The chatter about ChatGPT and K12 education is pretty negative, and I get it. So, enlist ChatGPT to be your scheduler, ghostwriter and teacher support coordinator.

School communications: 5 ways strategic outreach reduces absenteeism

At the micro level, school communications are about sharing information, but at the macro level, they’re about building relationships.

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