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FASTalk

FASTalk

FASTalk family engagement tool logo for sending text messages to families
FASTalk (Families and Schools Talk) is a family engagement tool that promotes equity and builds partnerships between teachers and historically underserved families by sharing engaging, at-home learning activities via text messages in each family’s home language. 

​With FASTalk:

  • Educators easily send to families welcoming and inclusive text messages with weekly activities to reinforce classroom learning.
  • Students experience literacy gains, especially when parents do not share a home language with the teacher.
  • Messages automatically translate into 100+ languages, facilitating two-way communication between educators and families.
  • Activities are fun, fast, and easy for busy families to complete on their own time, anywhere.
  • Any caregiver with access to a cell phone can engage. No computer or internet connection required.
  • Curriculum alignment with 10 of the most widely used, high quality ELA instructional materials such as EL Education, ELA Guidebooks, and more.​
FASTalk sends test messages to families Picture
FASTalk send text messages to families aligned to curricula

​FASTalk Reinforces High-Quality Curricula

ELA Curricula
  • EL Education's ELA Curriculum
  • ELA Guidebooks
  • Wit & Wisdom
  • Core Knowledge Language Arts
  • Benchmark Adelante
  • Collaborative Literacy
  • ​KIPP Wheatley
​Math Curricula
  • Illustrative Mathematics
Additional Support For
  • Teaching Strategies GOLD
  • Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP)
  • Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
  • Sanford Harmony SEL
  • Learn the Signs, Act Early CDC Resources
Preview FASTalk Messages

FASTalk Supports 100+ Languages

FASTalk messages with learning activities are professionally translated into the following languages:
  • Arabic
  • Amharic
  • Chinese (traditional)
  • Farsi
  • Khmer
  • Mongolian
  • Pashto
  • ​Spanish
  • Swahili
  • ​Tagalog
  • Tigrinya
  • Vietnamese
If your district or state has additional language needs, please let us know. We are happy to customize support for your families.

In total, FASTalk SMS messages translate into 100+ languages based on a family's preference, bridging two-way communication between school and home.

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FASTalk teacher communicating with student

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