LEO Team“People are no longer satisfied passively receiving what’s been prescribed for them. They have the right and the responsibility to pursue education that fits with their lives, that fits with their values, and they are going after it. They are pursuing it.” ...
LEO Team“These are critical years for child development — yet [HR 1] would disproportionately harm our youngest children, children of color, and those from working-class families. The cost isn’t just policy — it’s children’s lives.” – Rocio Perez, Policy Analyst,...
LEO TeamDespite significant public and philanthropic investment in education in the wake of the pandemic national data collected over the past few years reveals the sobering realities of the magnitude and longer-term implications of pandemic-precipitated learning...
LEO Team “It’s become really clear how important it is in this moment, where so much is happening in education, to leverage kindergarten as that sturdy bridge between early learning — where developmental, culturally responsible practices and family engagement are...
LEO Team“I am heartbroken about how little you hear about educational outcomes from our leaders. That’s both sides of the aisle. That’s federal and state. Today, we really need our leadership to step up and restore the sense that improving educational outcomes is a...
LEO TeamFamilies are looking for guidance on how to talk about technology. And so whether they’re pediatricians or even just a trusted messenger in a laundromat or anywhere, they could help play a really powerful role in sharing all these resources. –Jane Park, Google...
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingJuly 2025 was a banner month for the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR). In addition to hosting our 12th annual GLR Week Gathering (the 6th in virtual mode), we hosted our first-ever “deep dive” event — the Technology-Enhanced...
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingFamily and Community Math: An Essential Part of an Early Learning Strategy July 21, 2020, 12:30–2 p.m. ET This Funder-to-Funder Conversation brings together CGLR and the Heising-Simons Foundation to explore the vital role of families...
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingEveryday Places & Spaces, an initiative of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, has convened a coalition of organizations, institutions and program leaders committed to a less school-centric, “whole community” approach to...
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Your invitation to support our second-in-a-decade end-of-year outreach for the Learning Loss Recovery Fund Trying to walk the talk. It’s no accident that the Campaign for Grade Level Reading’s second-in-decade end-of-year outreach...
LEO TeamWhen the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the education system in March 2020, CGLR quickly pivoted to launch the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge (LLRC), a network-wide mobilization effort to mitigate the pandemic's adverse effects on learning. The LLRC initiative...
“[CGLR’s] focus on solutions is very much the intent behind an initiative I’ve been working on this past year as chair of the National Governors Association called Disagree Better. Disagree Better aims to help people work through their differences without all the...
Why Focus on the Gaps? Because more children are now stranded on the wrong side of even larger gaps.Because the data confirms that: These gaps start early, widen and persist.Because focusin go "all" children rarely works for all children.Because "solutions" that...