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OneSignal Survey Shows 70 Percent of Parents Think Schools Handled Digital Communications Effectively During Virtual LearningSAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OneSignal Inc, the leading solution for customer engagement messaging, today announced results from a new survey that revealed key findings on how K-12 teachers were able to communicate effectively with parents in the midst of schools going remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings showed a promising trend that teachers and parents were receptive to digital communications and demonstrated how email, mobile push notifications, and SMS text alerts helped parents stay up to date on critical updates around COVID and their childrens' academic progress throughout the remote school year. "The results of this survey show the incredible adaptability of our K-12 educators as well as parents in light of an extremely disruptive school year they've had due to a global pandemic," said George Deglin, CEO of OneSignal. "The positive sentiment toward using digital communication tools to stay in touch sheds light on how schools can best utilize technology to facilitate parent-teacher and student-teacher engagement in the long run." Of the K-12 educators and school administrators surveyed, key findings included:
This feedback indicates the value of digital communication tools like emails, push notifications, and text message alerts, while also shedding light on how K-12 schools can continue to leverage these digital tools post-pandemic once students are back in the classroom full-time. The results suggest that schools can help their teachers heighten engagement with parents and students outside of the classroom by offering a range of tools and allowing parents and students to choose the best channel for them as well as the option to select the content they prefer to receive. Out of 1000 total adults (aged 25 and up) surveyed, 80 percent were US-based parents with children in school and 20 percent were teachers or school administrators for K-12. This study was conducted in August 2021 by Pollfish, an independent survey platform. For more information on how schools and universities are leveraging digital messaging in education, please visit: https://onesignal.com/blog/6-ways-universities-and-schools-are-using-push-notifications/ About OneSignal Ranking #90 of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies in the nation, OneSignal was recently recognized for exceeding 3,696 percent revenue growth over the past three years. OneSignal was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. Learn more at https://onesignal.com. OneSignal Media Contact View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onesignal-survey-shows-70-percent-of-parents-think-schools-handled-digital-communications-effectively-during-virtual-learning-301378489.html SOURCE OneSignal |