ParentSquare Attendance Plus Wins Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025, Presented by Tech & Learning

Santa Barbara, Calif.—Jan. 28, 2026—ParentSquare Attendance Plus, a powerful attendance solution to help K-12 districts reduce chronic absenteeism through early, compassionate communication, has won the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025 within the Secondary Education category.

The Best of 2025 Awards celebrate educational technology from the last 12 months that has excelled and stood out in supporting teachers, students, and education professionals in the classroom, for professional development, or general management of education resources and learning. Judged by a panel of industry experts, winning an Award of Excellence is more than just acknowledgement from Tech & Learning’s editors; it’s a showcase of which products are truly going above and beyond to contribute to the education sector.

The Tech & Learning editorial team has shared that “The awards brought a huge number of high-quality entries. Our panel of industry experts judged the winning products to be those that were most impactful in helping schools improve teaching and learning during 2025. Every winner should be really proud of their accomplishments—a well-deserved congratulations from the entire awards team.”

Built directly into the ParentSquare platform that millions of educators and families already trust for school-home communication, ParentSquare Attendance Plus helps districts address chronic absenteeism through early, compassionate, and data-informed outreach. By uniting real-time attendance insights, tiered interventions, and family communication in one familiar platform, schools can act quickly, personalize support, and strengthen relationships before absenteeism becomes a pattern.

“For 15 years, ParentSquare has been focused on helping schools build strong, inclusive connections with families,” said Anupama Vaid, President and Founder of ParentSquare. “Attendance Plus was launched last year to extend that mission to one of the most urgent challenges districts face today—chronic absenteeism. Seeing the solution scale nationwide in its first year, while helping schools engage families more equitably and keep thousands of students connected to school, has been incredibly meaningful.”

To view the full list of award winners, visit https://bit.ly/3M7POql. 

About ParentSquare

ParentSquare is rooted in the belief that when families are involved, students thrive. Our all-in-one family engagement platform for K-12 schools brings together communications, attendance, forms, payments, and websites to simplify how schools and families connect and take action. ParentSquare Intelligence, the AI and data layer built into ParentSquare, turns engagement and attendance data into insights that guide proactive outreach, so districts can offer families the right support at the right time. We help schools reach the parents and guardians of more than 22 million students in 190+ languages through the channels families prefer, including app, text, email, and phone. Over 42,000 schools in all 50 states use ParentSquare to build trust with families and save staff time, and it consistently ranks among the top five free apps in the U.S. Learn more at ParentSquare.com.