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Scholarship Essays & AI: Why Your Voice Still Matters The Most
At CoolSpeak, we know educators and program leaders are navigating big questions about AI and academic integrity, especially when guiding students through scholarship and college application writing. To help support that work, CoolSpeaker and published author on…
4 Creative Ways to Make Family Engagement Cool
Family engagement is more than a box to check on the school calendar. It’s the foundation of trust, communication, and long-term student success. On a recent Facebook Live for Family Engagement Professionals, Ernesto Mejía discussed one of the most common events in…
From GEAR UP to Giving Back: 8 Questions with MJ Bridges
In honor of National GEAR UP Week, CoolSpeak wanted to interview one of our own who is a proud GEAR UP alumnus. MJ Bridges knows the program’s impact doesn’t end at graduation. Growing up in Racine, Wisconsin, he participated in the Wisconsin Education Opportunity…
Advising Student Leaders: 5 Ways to Turn Skills Into Superpowers
Dear Educators, If I could share just one thing with every advisor, counselor, coach, mentor, and everyone who works with student leaders… it would be this: remind your student leaders that leadership is not a title, it’s a responsibility. The skills they’re…
5 Realities Facing Parents Today And How Educators Can Support Them
Because family engagement doesn’t begin with a flyer about Back-to-School Night. It begins with understanding.
10 Reflection Questions to Strengthen Your Family Engagement Program
Most of us finish the school year, jump into a million other things, and never stop to actually reflect on how our programming went, it’s time to change that.