Guides, templates and software comparisons for schools
Opening and growing your school
- 50+ Creative Daycare Names to Inspire Your Childcare Brand50-plus names, plus the four naming mistakes that force a rebrand later.
- A Step-By-Step Guide On How to Start an At Home DaycareTen steps from licensing and room setup to hiring, marketing and opening day.
- The Ultimate Daycare Marketing PlanTwo marketing myths, four dos and don'ts, and six channels worth working through.
- The Ultimate Guide to Marketing for Private SchoolsBuilding a strategy in six steps, from goal-setting and SWOT to launch and review.
- The Ultimate Marketing Guide For Your SchoolSample marketing plans at small, medium and large budgets, with the tactics for each.
- Your Guide on How to Increase School EnrollmentSeven ways to fill seats, from virtual tours and referral programs to email.
Fundraising and donations
- High School Fundraising Ideas to InspireTen events students run themselves, from an art auction to a cook-off.
- How To Generate More Donations For Your SchoolWhere the money comes from — sports teams, the PTO, alumni and local businesses.
- Innovative Daycare Fundraising IdeasFive small-scale ideas — read-a-thon, card sale, bake sale, photo book, recycling drive.
- Top 10 Fundraising Platforms for SchoolsTen platforms weighed up, with what transaction and platform fees actually cost you.
Templates and classroom resources
- Creating an Effective Daycare Sick Policy: Guidelines, Best Practices, and a Free SampleA ready-made sick policy to download, and the six sections it needs to cover.
- Creating and Using a Student Behavior Chart: A Guide for Teachers and ParentsA printable chart to download, and where reward charts backfire.
- The Educator's Guide to Effective Student Assessment & Report CardsThree grading systems compared, a structure for writing comments, and a template to download.
- How to Create an Engaging School Newsletter: Tips and Free TemplatesSeven habits of a newsletter parents actually read, from layout to QR codes.
- Our Top Student Form Templates For Your SchoolA blank emergency contact form to print, and the six fields it should carry.
- Top Educational Movies for Kids & Teachers: Enhancing Learning Through FilmTen films with a note on what each one teaches, Hidden Figures to WALL-E.
Choosing software
- The Best Parent Communication Apps (And What Makes Them Different)Six apps reviewed, plus the four questions that reveal how a free app pays.
- The Complete Guide to Tuition SolutionsTUIO set against Your Tuition Solution and Simple Tuition Solutions, feature by feature.
- Preschool Management Software Free DownloadWhere free preschool software runs out, across customization, tracking, integration and support.
- Top 10 Financial Aid SoftwaresTen aid platforms with pros and cons, from FACTS to Workday and Ellucian.
- Top 10 School Accounting SoftwareTen options weighed on cost and complexity, QuickBooks and Xero through to Blackbaud.
- Top 10 School Administration SoftwareTen platforms with real pricing and ratings, and who each one actually suits.
- Top 10 School Management Software to Run Your Organization SmoothlyA quick two-pros-two-cons scan of ten systems, Gradelink and PowerSchool to Fedena.
- Top 10 Student Information Systems For SchoolsTen student record systems sized up, PowerSchool and Skyward through to Jupiter Ed.
- The Ultimate Guide to School Learning Management SystemsTen systems including Canvas, Moodle and Blackboard, with what separates a good one.
- Unlock Operational Efficiency: The Ultimate School Software SuiteThe full stack a school runs on — website, ads, accounting, documents, LMS.
- Unveiling the Top 10 Education Management SoftwareTen tools compared largely on free trials and customization, Veracross to GoGuardian.
