“There are so many various issues, but if we don’t have a livable world, really, what else are we doing? We have to tackle the issue that’s in front of us, which is ensuring a future for our children, for future generations.” — Liz Hurtado, Moms Clean Air Force In the November 28, 2023 GLR […]
“We invite our business leaders, organizations and city leaders to come together to celebrate a love of reading. We really want to hone in on the importance of where kids are learning and that there’s a role for everyone across our community to play and help support that learning.” – Barb Lito In this Crucible […]
What is standing in our way? “In one word, inertia, resistance to change.” Kenneth B. Mason of the Georgia State Board of Education and the Southern Regional Education Board offered this perspective during this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Stalled Learning Recovery & Bright Spots From 2023. As this session looked back at several 2023 sessions on data and learning to inform the […]
Alarming increases in chronic absence across the nation, particularly in kindergarten, reveal the urgent need to re-establish routines of daily attendance among our youngest learners. Students chronically absent in preschool and kindergarten are more likely to be chronically absent in later grades and much less likely to read and count proficiently by the end of […]