PARENT VIEW
- Progress
- Attendance
- Assignments
- Goals
- Strengths
- Progress
Session details
NJSBA Workshop 2026
JUST BE
A PARENT.
How is your child really doing?
Not just their latest grade. Really doing.
It sounds like one question
One simple question.
How is my child doing?
- How are their grades?
- Are they attending?
- What's due this week?
- Are they keeping up?
- Where are they doing well?
- Where might they need support?
One question. Many pieces.
A parent doesn't think about a child in systems. They think about their child. That distinction should drive the entire experience.
Now make them experience the friction
So where would you look?
AcademicsCheck here- AssignmentsNow here
- AttendanceAnother place
- School CommunicationSomewhere else
- Goals & ProgressMaybe somewhere else
again.
How is your child really doing?
You shouldn’t have to assemble the answer yourself.
Now remove the places
What if the child came first?
Not the systems. Not the applications. Not where the information happens to live. The child.
Only appropriate information should be shown. Don’t suggest parents see every internal school record.
One child.
One connected picture.
The systems behind the scenes can continue doing their jobs. The parent shouldn't have to understand how the technology is organized just to understand how their child is doing.
Don't turn this into a dashboard
Simple questions. Clearer answers.
- Are they on track?
- What needs attention?
- What's coming up?
- Where are they growing?
- What should we talk about?
Better visibility doesn't replace conversations between families, students and educators.
It can make those conversations better.
Now bring the student into the story
But there's someone else who should see the picture
The student.
Parent asks:How is my child doing?
Student asks:How am I doing?
STUDENT VIEW
- MY DAY
- MY CLASSES
- MY Assignments
- MY Goals
- MY ATTENDANCE
- MY Progress
Same student.
Two appropriate views.
Not necessarily identical information. Not necessarily identical access. But a much more connected understanding.
What if school felt less like something to check... And more like something you could follow?
"Checking" is transactional. "Following" is continuous.
Not another login. Not another place to search. A clearer connection to the journey.
Now turn the mirror around
Now put your title back on.
How many families in your district are doing this today?
Every additional place a family has to check creates another opportunity for information to be missed, misunderstood or simply never seen.
What should the family experience of a connected district look like?
Three ideas. One connected picture.
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THE STUDENT
Every student is different.
Their strengths, interests, goals and needs help tell a richer story.
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THE DISTRICT
The information already exists.
Connecting existing systems can create more meaningful views for the people who need them.
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THE FAMILY
Now bring the picture home.
Give parents and students appropriate visibility into the journey.
Personalized for the student. Connected across the district. Visible to the family.
This is the thinking behind
The Connected Layer for Education
Education360 connects information across the systems schools already use and creates role-appropriate experiences for the people who need it.
District leaders. School leaders. Educators. Students. Families.
What should the family experience of a connected district look like?
Give them a simple test
Try this in your district.
How many places do you check to understand how your child is doing?
How many places do you check to understand what you need to do today?
The answers may tell you more than another technology assessment.
From possibility to practice
The conversation starts in Edison Township.
Ken Blekeski
Assistant Principal
John Adams & Herbert Hoover Middle Schools · Edison Township Public Schools
Edison Township is already thinking beyond traditional academic measures through work including Portrait of a Graduate, asking what schools should understand about students beyond grades alone.
Ken brings the educator's perspective.
Raju Dave
Product Innovation & AI
Education360
More than two decades in technology, digital transformation and product innovation, with AI strategy education through MIT Sloan School of Management's Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy.
Raju takes the question forward.
One perspective begins with what educators know today. The other asks what responsible technology could make possible tomorrow.
NJSBA Workshop 2026
COME SEE THE CONNECTED EXPERIENCE.
From district → school → classroom → student → family.
310, Atlantic City Convention
Center
Tuesday,
October 20
11:00 AM -
12:00 PM ET
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