ParentSquare, the award-winning unified school-home engagement platform for K12 education, has acquired Remind, a popular platform for communication and learning.

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The acquisition will expand ParentSquare’s current offerings with additional communication tools that reach students and families where they are and support learning wherever it happens. Millions of educators, students, parents and caregivers utilize the Remind platform to connect with the people and resources that help them teach and learn. The Remind platform is used in over 80% of public schools and by 60% of teachers in the United States.

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The combined company will be known as ParentSquare, and its core business will continue to be school-home communications. ParentSquare will merge the two companies’ leadership, teams and communications platforms, preserving the best features from both sets of products and giving customers the option of adopting additional features. Remind products will keep their names.

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“Remind has a very strong following with teachers, and ParentSquare has a strong unified platform for districts and the full school community,” ParentSquare President and Founder Anupama Vaid said. “Together, we can advance both companies’ mission of increasing student success through improved communications and achieve more together than we could have individually.”

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“Strong relationships are at the heart of student success — and communication is an essential part of that,” Remind CEO Quenton Cook said. “By focusing on communication and our combined strengths, we will be even more effective champions for teachers, parents and the broader school community.”

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About ParentSquare

ParentSquare is the leading provider of modern family and community engagement solutions for K12 schools. Millions of educators and families in 49 states rely on the multipurpose unified platform that includes mass notifications, classroom communications, school websites, and other communication-based services, all supported by visual dashboards.

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ParentSquare’s technology platform features comprehensive integrations with school administrative systems, translation to more than 100 languages, and app, email, text, voice, and web portal access for equitable communication. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.