With the American Rescue Plan Act projected to reduce child poverty by half, this session convened funders, researchers and advocates in exploring the roles that funders and other stakeholders can play in ensuring that these temporary policies are made permanent. Participants also learned about additional programs and supports that can help those living in extreme […]
In this April 20, 2021 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar moderated by Rhonda H. Lauer, President and CEO of Foundations, Inc., attendees heard Kylie Wheeler, Project Manager of Children’s Funding Project, and Terry K. Peterson, Senior Fellow of Furman University’s Riley Institute, discuss the $22 billion of American Rescue Plan Act funds set aside for afterschool and summer enrichment and strategies […]
Co-sponsored by Education Week (EdWeek.org), this learning and engagement opportunity — co-hosted by the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy and moderated by its Director, Ryan Lee-James, Ph.D. — explored the implications of data demonstrating that fall 2021 classrooms will reflect the challenges of the preceding two years. A significant increase in the proportion of students who have not had […]
In this April 27, 2021 Peer Exchange Learning Conversation session ― a follow-on to an earlier conversation in March ― three additional communities discussed lessons learned and implications from their experience in starting and supporting learning pods during the pandemic. Attendees heard from Sonja Nelson of Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority; Maria Su of San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and […]
In this webinar, Michelle Sioson Hyman of Raising A Reader discussed the organization’s theory of change and the philosophy behind their commitment to partnership with other national organizations before sharing information about their exciting summer initiative, Super Summer Learning Adventures. Hyman then moderated a conversation with leaders of the organizations engaged in Super Summer Learning Adventures, including Karen Harrison of Save the […]
In this webinar, Michelle Sioson Hyman of Raising A Reader discussed the organization’s theory of change and the philosophy behind their commitment to partnership with other national organizations before sharing information about their exciting summer initiative, Super Summer Learning Adventures. Hyman then moderated a conversation with leaders of the organizations engaged in Super Summer Learning Adventures, including Karen Harrison of Save the […]
Moderated by Ipek Bakir of the Overdeck Family Foundation, this conversation featured four leaders in the tech-enabled curricula and solutions space, Michelle Brown of CommonLit, Neena Hendershott of Zearn, Claudia Miner of Waterford UPSTART and Karin Wu of MIND Research Institute, creator of ST Math. Each of the panelists described the ways in which their platforms support students, educators, parents and administrators in advancing components of early school success, including […]
In May 11, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, panelists shared the valuable and often unheralded work of “America’s best kept secret”: Family Resource Centers (FRCs). More than 3,000 community-based and school-based FRCs support families in urban and rural communities in 31 states and the District of Columbia. In the past year, they have served as […]