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How to Receive Free Money for Your School
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), there are 23,115 private, faith-based schools educating 4.9 million students. The average private school enrollment is 142 students and more than two million private K-12 students qualify for free or reduced lunches….
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Why Principal Prefers Video Observations
St. Columba is a PreK-8 school with about 250 students. They have one section per grade level, 15 teachers, three aides and a very limited, but dedicated support staff. The principal at St. Columba must serve in all capacities —…
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FACTS Elevate: The Premier Event for FACTS Users
FACTS Elevate, formerly known as the RenWeb Power Conference, will be held July 8-11, 2019 in Chicago, IL. This is the 10th anniversary of the users’ conference, and if you’ve never attended before, here are just a few of the…
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At Your Service: A Conversation with FACTS Account Management
FACTS is known for best-in-class customer service. Our high standards for accountability, trust, and communication with our partners starts with the FACTS account management team. I sat down with two FACTS account management leaders to learn more about how the…
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Private K-12 Schools Should Say “Yes” to Federal Programs
A letter is arriving around the holidays — don’t miss it! They’re here — the days that students embrace with glee, teachers face with resolve, and administrators address with trepidation. As soon as the Trick or Treat sugar buzz wears…
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Understanding the Importance of Digital Citizenship
Three tips for creating purposeful student-driven content Across the country, many school leaders are beginning to have conversations about the importance of raising a generation of informed digital citizens. These conversations are critical to not only helping students understand the…
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Meet the New FACTS
Four years ago, FACTS and RenWeb united to provide the best experience possible for schools and families. Since then, we’ve worked methodically toward combining our services in impactful ways, like offering the industry’s first streamlined connection between a school’s financial…
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What FACTS Means to Me: FACTS Associate Spotlight
A Conversation With Brad Murphey, Account Manager for FACTS SIS In the spring of 2018, before the FACTS | RenWeb rebrand, RenWeb (now FACTS SIS) announced the company was moving to an account management model for customer support. This change…
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The Impact of UserVoice on FACTS Services
It’s been eight months since FACTS deployed UserVoice, an online product idea forum. We caught up with Megan Higgins and Angela Nielsen on the FACTS product team to provide an update on UserVoice and the impact it’s had on our…
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Supporting Educators is at the Heart of FACTS Education Solutions
Although it’s never been simple, educating children in today’s society is full of complexities, never imagined by our parents or teachers. Where once there was an analog classroom, we have transitioned into the digitized learning setting, supported by high-definition instructional resources. Educators…
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Are Your Development and Fundraising Efforts Evolving With Technology?
The typical donor engagement path continues to change with the influx of millennial alumni and more tech-savvy constituents. What does this mean for our schools? It’s time to re-evaluate our development and fundraising best practices to continue to reach both…
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Why Federal Programs are a Yes
A letter on Federal Education Programs is coming to your mailbox in January. Anyone who has ever been involved in the K-12 world knows a school’s daily pace from Thanksgiving weekend to winter break rapidly picks up speed. These four…
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