


Schools and education teams build appreciation into everything they do for students, and almost nothing for staff. Burnout follows. A weekly ritual gives faculty and staff a moment that is about them.
Education teams take to structure faster than any industry we measured, which makes the fix unusually reliable: turn the ritual on and it runs.
A weekly rhythm faculty and staff actually keep.
The weekly appreciation ritual education teams adopt more strongly than any other industry. Feedback Friday posts a kickoff, a reminder, and a recap every week, automatically.
Every active education workspace on Matter runs automated birthdays. Yours can too, in minutes. Celebrations pull dates from your directory or HRIS and post on their own.
Peer appreciation between teachers, staff, and administrators, tied to your school's values. Kudos post in the channel as designed cards with coins attached.
Faculty and staff use the workspace they already have. There is nothing to install on personal devices and no accounts to hand out.



Education shows the strongest ritual effect of any industry on Matter.
Aggregate, anonymized data across thousands of teams on Matter, trailing 12 months. Full methodology in The Recognition Habit: 2026 Benchmark Report. See the research →
more recognition on Fridays than a typical weekday, the strongest ritual effect of any industry
of active education workspaces run automated birthday celebrations
more recognition per member on teams that build a recognition ritual
Yes. Matter's education benchmark spans the sector broadly, and the platform fits any team that communicates in Microsoft Teams or Slack.
Yes. The Free Forever plan costs $0 with unlimited users, and every workspace starts with a free 14-day trial of everything.
Every workspace starts with a free 14-day trial of everything, no credit card required, then lands on the Free Forever plan. Paid plans start at $1 per user per month. Full details on the pricing page.
About 2 minutes to install and 5 to 10 to customize. Users sync from Slack or Microsoft Teams automatically, so there is no HRIS project between you and launch. 250+ HRIS integrations are supported when you want them.
Switching is a smaller project than it sounds. Your balances come with you, the migration is free on paid plans, and most teams are live within days. Historical kudos do not carry over, so you start with a clean feed and full balances.


