ParentSquare Wins Future’s Best of Show Award, Presented by Tech & Learning

SANTA BARBARA, CA—July 21, 2025—ParentSquare, the award-winning unified school-home engagement platform for K-12 education, is the recipient of Future’s Best of Show Award, presented at ISTE 2025 by Tech & Learning in the Secondary Education category. 

Tech & Learning’s Best of Show Awards are evaluated by a panel of industry expert judges and editors and are selected on a points score against a range of criteria, including innovation, feature set, reliability, and performance. 

Winners were formally announced at the Tech & Learning reception, which took place during ISTE. Winners receive a crystal-glass trophy directly after the show. Winners are publicly announced in a press release on techlearning.com, and further promotion will continue after ISTE through other subscriber-facing channels. 

ParentSquare is the all-in-one communication and family engagement platform trusted by K-12 districts to unify their school-home connection. Alongside mass notifications and two-way messaging, ParentSquare includes district and school websites, integrated payments, permission forms, and document delivery—all in a single, user-friendly platform. With 190+ language translations, real-time dashboards, and purpose-built AI features, ParentSquare helps districts reach every family while streamlining operations and strengthening trust. This year’s ISTE showcase featured new capabilities in payments, virtual phone, and website publishing, designed to meet the evolving needs of school districts for a truly unified platform.

“The products nominated for the Best of Show program, provide an outstanding overview of new technology on the show floor and shine a spotlight on the products, and businesses behind them, who are transforming education in schools around the world,” said the awards editorial team.

“We’re honored to receive this recognition from Tech & Learning, especially because it reflects many of the core values we bring to every aspect of ParentSquare—innovation, reliability, thoughtful features, and meaningful impact,” said Anupama Vaid, founder & president of ParentSquare. “From the beginning, our mission has been to create a platform that truly connects schools and families in inclusive, effective ways. This award affirms that we’re delivering on that promise and continuing to meet the evolving needs of educators and families alike.”

To view the full list of winners, visit https://links.psqr.io/4lvY0NF.

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.