ParentSquare Recognized by EdTech Chronicle in 2025 Best in Education Awards

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2 min read • Apr 16, 2025

SANTA BARBARA, CA—April 16, 2025—ParentSquare, the leading unified communication platform for K-12 schools, has been named a winner in the 2025 EdTech Chronicle “Best in Education” Awards. The platform earned top honors in the Best Research, White Paper, or Supportive Resource category for its Best Practice Guide–“Showing Up for Success: Family Engagement Strategies for Chronic Absenteeism.”

EdTech Chronicle named ParentSquare 2024 “Best in Education” Winner

This practical guide offers actionable strategies for improving student attendance through stronger family engagement—underscoring ParentSquare’s mission to promote equitable access and student success through effective school-home communication.

The Best in Education Awards celebrate not only innovation in edtech but also the people, ideas, and execution that make real impact in schools. Winners were selected in 40 categories, including the coveted Editor’s Choice.

This marks ParentSquare’s second major recognition this month. Earlier, the company was named a winner in the “Best Parent-Student Solution” category at the 2025 EdTech Awards, the largest global edtech recognition program. ParentSquare also earned finalist spots for “Best Communications Solution” and “Best Administrative Solution.”

“As a trusted family engagement platform, ParentSquare’s number one job is to help schools and districts reach and engage with families to power school-home initiatives that support student success,” said Founder & President Anupama Vaid. “Our latest guide highlights how intentional communication can help tackle chronic absenteeism—one of the most urgent and pervasive issues in K-12 education today.”

The award-winning 10-page guide outlines key tactics schools can use to prevent and address chronic absenteeism by deepening family involvement. Highlights include:

  • Consistent communication with families to foster trust and awareness of support services.
  • Balancing the flow of information to avoid overwhelming parents while keeping them informed.
  • Real-time alerts for absences and tardiness to enable early intervention.
  • Data-driven outreach using ParentSquare’s tools to identify at-risk students and provide tailored support like mentoring, tutoring, and community-based services.

To view the full list of 2024 EdTech Chronicle award winners, visit: https://edtechchronicle.com

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.