“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 […]
"We wanted to provide students with an opportunity to support their continued learning." Eric Becoats, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools at the William Penn School District, offered this reflection during the October 4, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays session as he talked about how the REACH program was implemented in his district. He continued to share, saying “my goal […]
“It's our mission to be that platform and place for educators, elevate practices, and grow professionally as they support students preschool through age 5 in our state. We do this because we truly believe that when schools and communities are well prepared to deliver best practices, it impacts the students. This helps our students be […]
In this Learning Tuesdays webinar, we followed our September 6 briefing on the National Partnership for Student Success with a focus on a second new federal initiative designed to assist schools and communities in accelerating equitable recovery called Engage Every Student. This initiative aims to provide high-quality out-of-school time (OST) learning opportunities for every child who wants to participate […]
“So, this really pushed and elevated funders into new ways that they could lead community leadership work. And we're seeing it paid huge dividends both in the campaign’s success and other bodies of work.” In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation, Kari McCann-Boutell of the Iowa Council of Foundations (ICoF) shares the results of ICoF’s recently released Co-Funding […]
Moderated by Hedy Chang of Attendance Works, this session featured an inspiring conversation about how schools and housing agencies should and could be working together to address the skyrocketing rates of chronic absence. The panelists, discussing collaborations in Arizona, California and Maine, emphasized how housing agencies are key partners with schools and community organizations in addressing and reducing […]
"Over a lifetime, positive effects of early math compound, and we all benefit from investing in children’s early math learning–birth through grade 3.” – Douglas Clements, Ph.D., University of Denver In this session, the second in the Early Math + Early Literacy special webinar series, Douglas Clements, Ph.D., and Julie Sarama, Ph.D., of Marsico Institute at the […]
“How do we take this moment that feels really hard, and say, 'What can we do better'? ... 'How does research and how we’re mobilizing knowledge and disseminating knowledge change, so that if this happens again—and listen, whether it’s a snow day, or a natural disaster, or a hurricane: this is going to happen again—and […]