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ParentPowered PBC Appoints new Chairman of the Board: Luis Duarte, Partner at Imaginable Futures, as Company Ushers in the Next Phase of Growth
ParentPowered, creator of Ready4K, appoints Luis Duarte, Partner at Imaginable Futures, as the new Chairman of the Board as the company ushers in the next phase of growth.
ParentPowered Expands Their Family Engagement Program to Support Families of Children from Birth through Grade 12
ParentPowered, formerly known as Ready4K, is expanding its family engagement program to provide evidence-based support to parents and families with teens. A foundation of ParentPowered’s mission is to improve the lives of all children, from birth through graduation day.
Research-Based Digital Family Engagement Program Set to Expand Student Support
ParentPowered welcomes Terri Soutor as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Melissa Palmer as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Proven C-suite coincides with preparations for substantial growth.
23,171 Knox County Parents Will Receive Texts to Help Children Learn at Home
Knox County joins over 100 TN districts in giving families ParentPowered through the GELF & TDOE program to support at home reading and learning
140,000 Families Across Tennessee Enrolled in ParentPowered Text-Based Program
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation and TDOE Partnership Reflects the Largest Statewide Rollout of ParentPowered in U.S. Monday, January 11, 2021...
San Francisco Unified School District Offers ParentPowered Text-Based Learning Program to Support Families During Covid-19 School Closures
School district offering early education curriculum delivered through text messages to San Francisco families; addresses ‘digital divide’ to include underserved households without internet access or computers
ParentPowered to Expand Free Access to Text-based Learning Program to New York City Public School Families During Covid-19 School Closures
Evidence-based early childhood curriculum to be made available through June 30 to all New York City public school families with children ages 0 to 5
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Governor's Early Literacy Foundation
February 2, 2022
23,171 Knox County Parents Will Receive Texts to Help Children Learn at Home
Tennessee Department of Education
January 11, 2021
140,000 Families Across Tennessee Enrolled In ParentPowered Texted-Based Program
The Hechinger Report
July 23, 2020
Can simple text messages for parents boost reading scores for kids?
Medium
March 15, 2018
Honoring Omidyar Network’s Women Entrepreneurs Changing Education
EdSurge
January 17, 2018
ParentPowered raise $2.65M in Seed Funding to Build ‘On-Demand Library for Parenting Tips’
Detroit Free Press
September 28, 2017
Kids need help with reading? Aid is just a text away for Lake Orion parents
TechCrunch
July 26, 2016
Lifting children’s economic prospects through technology.
Good
December 07, 2015
How Texting Can Actually Improve Your Writing Skills
Education Week
October 08, 2015
Giving Parents, and Teachers, the Right Information
New America
August 13, 2015
Texting Parents to get Kids Ready 4K!
The Huffington Post
July 16, 2015
These Phone Notifications Could Actually Change Your Kid’s Life
The New York Times
June 32, 2015
Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start
SFUSD
April 24, 2015
Using Text Messages to Improve Early Literacy.
The PBS NewsHour
January 28, 2015
Can a text message help bridge the ‘word gap’ for low income children?
Fred Rodgers Center
January 20, 2015
Parents Boost Their Preschoolers’ Literacy Skills with Texted Tips.
The New York Times
January 17, 2015
Helping the Poor in Education: The Power of a Simple Nudge
OZY
January 17, 2015
When Texting Helps Kids Read
The Seattle Times
December 01, 2014
Texting parents with tips boosts pre-k language skills, study says
Education Week
November 20, 2014
Study Says That Texting Reading Tips to Parents Improves Students’ Literacy Skills
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
November 19, 2014
One Step at a Time: The Effects of an Early Literacy Text Messaging Program for Parents of Preschoolers
Stanford Graduate School of Education
November 15, 2014
Text messaging program helps boost language skills in preschoolers, study finds
The New York Times
November 14, 2014
To Help Language Skills of Children, a Study Finds, Text Their Parents With Tips
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
November 12, 2014
Can text messages boost child literacy?