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Communicating During COVID-19: Central Arkansas Christian Schools’ Outreach and Distance Learning Strategies

When COVID-19 began sweeping across the United States in early March, many schools experienced a similar timeline of temporary closures and initial tentative planning, which then turned into full-scale emergency planning and an immediate switch to fully-remote instruction. Central Arkansas
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End-of-Year Progression

Follow these steps in the student information system (SIS) to close out your school year and prepare for the next, so you can go enjoy summer too!
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Marketing to Millennials With FACTS and Enrollment Catalyst

Watch the live interview Thursday, May 21 at 11 Central/12 Eastern Born between 1980 and 1996, millennial parents are between 24 and 40 years old and make up the majority of new parents enrolling their children in school. As schools
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FACTS Ed Announces PD On-Demand Webinar Series

Registration now open. Beginning Tuesday, May 12, 2020, FACTS Education Solutions will host a variety of professional development (PD) sessions to help propel your 2020-2021 planning over the summer. With uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 requirements for the upcoming school year, FACTS
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Tools and Tips for Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated instruction is not new. In fact, it’s been around for a long time. Back in the days of one-room schoolhouses, teachers had to differentiate and personalize, because they literally had every grade in their class. Somewhere along the line,
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From Surviving to Effective Online Teaching

As a middle school math teacher and assistant head of school, my world has changed — much like yours has over the past several months. We’re exhausted and have been working harder than ever before to switch everything online. You
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Incomplete Applications and Pending Agreements

FACTS Grant & Aid Incomplete Applications Unsure why an application is marked incomplete? In the FACTS Grant & Aid dashboard, hover on “Grant & Aid,” then click on “Dashboard” from the drop down to see the information that’s missing.  
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3 Tips for Database Cleaning

Time to spring clean your FACTS Student Information System (SIS) database! Here are three tips to tidy up. Remove duplicates. Duplication happens when families or family members are not correctly linked in the synchronization process of online application and enrollment.
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3 Report Card Mistakes (and Fixes)

Check out three common Report Card mistakes and how to fix them for an easy transition into the next session.
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