The TADS Blog
Industry news and trends to keep you moving forward.
How to Educate Your Families on the Grandparent Gift Tax
A gift is a personal thing, no matter what's being given. Often, grandparents gift their grandchildren money as a way to say "I love you." This kind of gift is excellent up to a point. Why? Gift taxes! Gift taxes are taxes imposed on gifts that exceed a certain...
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How Do You Promote a Private School?
The four P's of marketing — price, product, placement and promotion — are the heart of successful campaigns. For schools, we define these categories as tuition, curriculum, reputation and publicity. TADS has compiled strategies and tips to help you promote your...
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Why Smaller Schools Are Moving Toward an Enrollment Management Suite
There are many steps to take before a student can start learning. From initial contact with the family to the final tuition payment, families and administrators have a long list of tasks to perform. Families have to ensure the school is the right choice for their...
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How Can I Improve My School Enrollment?
Private school enrollment faced challenges during remote and hybrid learning, creating added responsibilities and continued stress for everyone. Despite these obstacles, students fostered academic excellence, reached high standards and achieved continued growth at...
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Introducing the New TADS UI and Dashboard
Our commitment to our customers continues with our new TADS user experience and dashboard updates and we’re rolling out the news here to let you know the latest features! Our focus is on saving your staff time and providing user-intuitive real-time dashboard...
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Why Online Tuition Matters
Using online tuition management is a key benefit to both families and schools for many reasons. Using online payments reduces lost payments, saves paper and enables families to quickly and efficiently pay school tuition. Schools also see benefits in reduced time of...
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The value of trust in financial aid processing
At TADS, we recommend that parents apply for financial aid, even if they are unsure if they need it or not. Our commitment continues in helping schools streamline the processing of financial aid thereby ensuring quicker financial aid award decisions. Along this streamlined process, families’ financial data and financial paperwork is secured and private.
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Are you using a generational approach to multi-generation families?
One of the ways to stay competitive and leading in the school choice market, is to understand the different generations and value the ways they like to be communicated with and the technology they expect in schools.
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Tech to Help Support Efficiencies in Your School Office
Table of Contents How Has Technology Improved Schools? Efficiency 1: Board and Leadership Reports Efficiency 2: Dashboards for a View of Everything in One Place Efficiency 3: Paperless Applications and Forms Efficiency 4: Integrated Student Information System...
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Do you Have A Tech Checklist for the School Year? Technology Checklist for Private K-12 Schools
Did you know that nearly 50% of independent schools are currently using five or more online solutions to meet their needs causing extra expense and wasted time, in addition to data security issues?
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