Learning Loss Recovery Challenge (LLRC)
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...
Disagree Better: Building On Common Ground To Ensure Early School Success
“[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...
GLR Week 2024 will Focus on the Gaps!
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...
A Letter From the Managing Director
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingA brief opening note. Regardless of party affiliation, the constellation of people connected to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (investors, donors and partners alike) are elated by the affirming mention of third-grade reading in...
Public Libraries and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingPublic libraries are an essential partner to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. They provide critical resources, foster a love of reading, and provide resources and support for parents and caregivers to help them promote literacy at...
Kindergarten Matters!
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingKindergarten matters. What happens in that crucial transitional year lays the groundwork for learning and development that are essential to early school success, academic achievement and life outcomes. That is why the Campaign for...
How Successful Is the Affordable Connectivity Program?
Common Sense MediaAcross the country, states are making critical decisions about how to leverage $80 billion in federal broadband infrastructure funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP). With the right planning,...
Big Bets Working: New Series Will Mine Successes to Inform Action
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingWorried that pandemic-precipitated learning loss could be “the hurt that lasts a lifetime,” the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) launched the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar series in May 2020. Since then, we have hosted...
The Impact and Importance of Diverse Books
First BookCGLR and Diverse Books Earlier this year, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) hosted two webinars in partnership with First Book lifting up the critical importance of diverse books to support grade-level reading: Access & Action: Why Diverse...
Nurturing Everyday Attendance For Our Youngest Students
Attendance WorksNurturing Everyday Attendance For Our Youngest StudentsThis content was originally posted on Attendance Works' blog and can also be found here. After three years of economic, social and learning disruptions, nurturing everyday attendance starting in...
Digital Equity
Campaign for Grade-Level ReadingOn the Road to Digital Equity In March 2020, schools across the country transitioned abruptly from in-person learning to virtual learning as a part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With Common Sense Media reporting in July...
New America Kindergarten
Shared Voices — New America Kindergarten SeriesLaura Bornfreund and Erin FreschiMarch 31, 2023This blog post is the first in a series on Promoting Impactful Teaching and Learning in Kindergarten.Kindergarten is an important year for children and their families. For...