This webinar, a part of the Funder to Funder Conversations series, continued the exploration of the challenges posed by widespread digital inequities in a time when approximately half of students are expected to learn remotely for at least a portion of the fall. Having explored state and local solutions in previous sessions, this webinar examined the wide […]
“I love math,” said a pre-K scholar in one New Jersey Tutoring Corps site, while another shared, “I’m going to be a math teacher when I grow up.” These two student quotes were shared during the October 19, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays Funder-to-Funder Conversation, New Jersey Tutoring Corps: Lessons in Accelerating Learning Recovery. In this […]
“This is an incredible moment for local advocates ― whether you're in the digital inclusion space or anything else that rides on top of digital inclusion, issues like immigration, housing, education and health care.” Amina Fazlullah of Common Sense offered the above reflection during this July 20, 2022 GLR Week Funder-to-Funder Conversation on philanthropic opportunities […]
“The vision begins with expert lead teams of educators who share the work. This isn't something we made up. It's based on research about how teachers thrive, what they want, what keeps them in the work and how instruction works best for students who need it most. It begins with teams of teachers who bring […]
“My longtime mentor, Dr. Ruby Takanishi, the founder of the PreK–3 movement said, ‘We have to do a better job of reducing the chaos at the schoolhouse door.’ By this she meant that we need to build a more aligned system, a system that requires a ‘sturdy bridge’ between the early years and the early […]
In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation, Heather Flaherty of Chuckanut Health Foundation in Bellingham/Whatcom County, Washington, shared the above reflection during a panel conversation that explored the various roles funders can play to generate additional public revenue to support children and to ensure effective utilization of those public dollars. Thank you for registering for this timely and inspiring session. Elizabeth Gaines of Children’s […]
Approximately $7.5 billion of ESSER funds were invested in new tutoring programs with as many as 80% of U.S. school districts launching or strengthening tutoring programs in the wake of the pandemic, according to the federal School Pulse Panel. Over the past four years, many innovations have emerged to help scale and expand tutoring programs […]
