Do you wonder what your community is thinking about education? You don’t have to wonder - Strategies 360 has the answers. Through our work with school districts and education organizations, we’re a trusted source to help our clients learn the opinions

Do you wonder what your community is thinking about education? You don’t have to wonder - Strategies 360 has the answers. Through our work with school districts and education organizations, we’re a trusted source to help our clients learn the opinions

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, a time to celebrate the incredible contributions of educators. Below our team members share personal stories and expressions of gratitude of how teachers inspire and transform the lives of students.    "My high school

Post Election To-Dos Alright, you made it, two grueling election cycles are in the rearview mirror. Washington’s school districts and schools have recently gone to voters to seek support for their teachers, staff, and students with various requests. Now is

Strategies 360 was honored to collaborate with Piper Sandler on their biennial research study on perceptions of public education in Washington State. Piper Sandler is a leader in education finance and school bonds and sponsors research to help school districts

By Stephanie Bragdon The need for cost-effective and impactful tools to increase student enrollment is growing. Over the past two years, Strategies 360’s has developed and implemented paid-digital media campaigns in partnership with school districts to boost enrollment. As enrollment

By Ben Winston The Strategies 360 team is proud to have supported both Highline Public Schools and Renton School District in shaping their communication and outreach to the public before their successful bond measures were approved by voters in the Nov. 8 election.

By: Rachel Nakanishi The Strategies 360 Education Team has been honored to partner with Seattle Public Schools on numerous projects for the past decade. In December 2020, our teams worked together to create and implement a marketing plan to recruit

By Stephanie Bragdon Bonds are for building. Levies are for learning. We’ve all said this. It’s the easiest way to explain the difference between levies and bonds to the community. But with it becoming increasingly difficult to pass school funding

By: Rachel Nakanishi For five years, I sat on the communications team at Seattle Public Schools. I sought out a job at a school district to tell the good stories of educators in an equity-focused public school district. What I

By Lesley Rogers Targeted digital ads can help school districts make sure busy families know about their programs and can help drive enrollment for key demographics, like incoming kindergarten families. Digital media – paid online advertising – is just one

By Melanie Mihara See For the first time since 2011, Congress took up and passed spending for community projects, previously known as earmarks, and now known as Congressionally Directed Spending or Community Project Funding Requests. These projects were a part

In Washington’s February 8 election, the Strategies 360 team helped 14 school districts approve 23 measures, for a total of $5 billion in local levy and bond funding for about 200,000 Washington state students. We are honored to continue our

By Lesley Rogers, APR School communication is now more important than ever. While the 2019-2020 school year was one of the most challenging, with school shutting down with little warning and a scramble to help keep families, staff and students

By: Lesley Rogers, SVP of Education, Strategies 360 While we at Strategies 360 wish we could be with everyone in person at the annual National School Public Relations Association seminar this week, we want to congratulate the winners of the

By: Lesley Rogers, SVP of Education, Strategies 360 Last year the #SchoolPR Twitterverse declared the second Friday of May the unofficial official School Communicators Day. Now, more than ever, we need to celebrate this day and this group of professionals.

Earlier this month, elections were held across the country and S360 delivered major wins in several state races. From historically significant funding for fire districts to overwhelming public support for schools, our efforts secured over $2.3 billion in funding for

        By Lesley Rogers, SVP of Education at Strategies Strategies 360 is proud to partner with DA Davidson to present a new school election workshop that’s perfect for school communications staff, superintendents, chief financial officers, school board

Introduction by Chris Korsmo SVP of Education at Strategies 360 and guest blog post by Matt Davidson, SVP of Digital Marketing at Strategies 360 Fellow Travelers, As we head into fall, many of you are heads down and deep into

By Lesley Rogers, SVP of Education and Kahliah Laney, Education Communications Director at Strategies 360 We’re at the National School Public Relations Association’s yearly seminar this week, connecting with school communications pros and superintendents from around the country in Washington,