ThoughtExchange
Education
in Washington
Trusted by Education Leaders Across the Great State of Washington
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ThoughtExchange Can Help Support Your District's Success

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What Other Leaders in Washington are Saying

“ThoughtExchange highlights the voices of our school community and drives the resources and programs we design for students and families.”
Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District


“ThoughtExchange is a valuable tool for us in elevating the voices of our educational community at large. As a Superintendent, one of the features I love the most is the Ratings system which helps boost the transparency of the district and helps us determine what is best for our students based on community input.”
Desert Sands Unified School District


“I constantly sing the praises of ThoughtExchange to my colleagues. You truly don't know the benefits until you jump in. Once you experience how it reduces your processes, timing, and workload—you'll never go back. It's never a question of, do we continue ThoughtExchange next year? It's, how are we going to use it differently, and how can we innovate from there?”
Saddleback Valley Unified School District


“We use adults to vet curriculum and resources, but we miss the student perspective in all of it. And we’ve got to do better. Building student agency, allowing students to have voice and ownership on what’s in front of them, is crucial, and ThoughtExchange allows that opportunity on such a grand scale.”
Elgin Area School District 46, Illinois


“The ThoughtExchange, what it created for us, it gave voices to individuals typically we don’t hear from. People got a chance to put thoughts in, it was anonymous, and they were really comfortable with communicating that way.”
Evanston/Skokie School District 65


“ThoughtExchange was very helpful for us because what it could do is give us a through-path to find common ground. We launched a ThoughtExchange for our staff, our parents, and our students and in each one of those, we had about 75% participation and what was so helpful was finding that common ground.”
Lockport Township High School District #205


“We gained valuable perspectives that didn’t get overshadowed by the over-represented responses, and in doing so changed our strategy with very little pushback from the community. I believe this is because they experience the feelings themselves by being in the Exchange. There just isn’t another platform that enables everyone to read and engage in other people’s thinking.”
Brighton Central School District


“We didn’t put our heads in the sand. With ThoughtExchange, we were able to facilitate a true conversation with our community and get information to help make the best decisions possible.”
Hilton Central School District


“I know that every time I go out to hire a superintendent in the future, I’ll be using ThoughtExchange to support the effort. It helps everyone feel like they are involved in selecting the new leader.”
Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services


“I could see the level of value and respect students felt when we were asking for their input and then discussing their thoughts with them. We all talk about the power of student voice, and with the help of ThoughtExchange, we were able to be immersed in it!”
Westwood Independent School District


“Because we used ThoughtExchange... our bond passed by a significant margin. I would say to districts out there considering a bond proposition to the voters, be prepared and know how to communicate. ThoughtExchange was an important tool for us to use in that process.”
Little Elm Independent School District


“ThoughtExchange enabled me as a superintendent to establish and re-establish trust and show that I was listening - and to develop plans that helped our school district.”
Midway Independent School District


“It’s often not a shock when comments come out of ThoughtExchange. We know a lot of what people are thinking, but it certainly gives us some leverage to amplify some voices that may be a little quieter or may not feel like they have the opportunity to engage at the same level.”
Vancouver Public Schools


“ThoughtExchange allows us to not operate from a place of assuming what we think is important in the community, but from a place where the community is telling us what’s important to them. Then we use that to inform the decisions we make going forward.”
Highline Public Schools


“We had seen other tools that were survey oriented, but we were really wanting to know what our constituents were thinking and if there were some common thoughts that people had to help us make good decisions in moving forward with the district. ThoughtExchange’s ability to theme thoughts and get common interest was very helpful to us in our decision-making processes.”
Spokane Public Schools

ThoughtExchange is Built for Leaders That Make Big Decisions
