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Showing Appreciation for YOUR School’s Staff
Working in a school can be a tough job. It is also one of the most important roles in American society.
Does Your School Website Help You Become a School of Choice?
School choice and the many possible options available to K12 education have created an environment of competition that was nonexistent even a decade ago.
Successful School MarketingHow these public schools become the schools of choice in a school choice environment
School choice doesn’t necessarily mean that public schools have to suffer. One elementary school in Queen Creek, Arizona, is setting an excellent example of how to succeed and excel in a school choice environment. Even if your state is not a school choice state at this time, there is something to learn from this public school that is stealing enrollments from charter schools.
10 Web Design Trends for School Websites
Website design trends come and go. But, schools don’t typically do a complete website redesign to reflect fads, simply because of the complexity and expense involved. However, there are some trends that are not simply a fad and are moving from trend status to best practices status.
How to Have an ADA Compliant School Website
Making sure your school websites meets ADA compliance requirements is now a necessity—not just because the laws for this are now being enforced but because it is important that you eliminate any barriers to access to your school website and the information you provide.
Need a Rock Star School Webmaster?Learn what “ideal world” best practices are and how you can make that a reality for your school.
Would you like to improve your school’s communication? Start with your school webmaster’s role. Learn what would be ideal in a perfect world and how you can make that a reality in your school.
Style Guide for Website Content Writing
For effective and professional school communications have a clear style guide for your district or school to follow.
What Grade Does Your Public School Website Get?
If your school website were to get a grade, how would it fare? Does it come out on top in the various subject areas like communications, customer service, marketing, branding, telling your school’s stories, or highlighting your successes? Find out how to bring up those grades and move to the top of your class.
Use the Power-Packed Punch of School Social Media Analytics to Drive Your PostsGiving the People What They Want
You’ve tried everything—pictures, video, funny memes, poignant quotes, carefully planned-out social media campaigns, calls to action, links to thought-provoking articles from education organizations and experts in your field, even shameless begging—and still, crickets. Is anybody out there? What more can I do to get people to respond to my school’s social media posts?
ADA Website Accessibility, Part IICompliance...one bite at a time
If you are one of the tens of thousands of schools concerned about meeting the newly adopted website accessibility deadline of January 18, 2018, we can help.
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