The Nation’s Report Card: A Call to Action for Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) release of student achievement results in January 2025 represents one of the most consequential education stories in recent years. The results gave us clear evidence that we are not doing as well as we want with...
Big Bets Working
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...
Kindergarten Matters!
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...
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...