In this session, moderator, Kelly Butler, Chief Executive Officer of Barksdale Reading Institute, provided us with some historical context of the debate around retention and promotion in the U.S. education system and in particular the negative impact on children of color. She offered some examples of alternatives to retention that address supports for children who are not meeting […]
https://youtu.be/CEY7VpyTaKQ?si=AbH7wzdjapyUCDqI&t=288 “By focusing on the safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) that buffer adversity and build resilience, pediatric care is on the cusp of a paradigm shift that could reprioritize clinical activities, rewrite research agendas, and realign our collective advocacy.” Dr. David Willis, a pediatrician and senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Social […]
In the January 11, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Jean Claude Brizard, CEO of Digital Promise, served as moderator and shared some data that demonstrated the impact the COVID-19 pandemic on learning loss. The pandemic exposed the reality of the digital inequities in communities -- inequities that had already been in place but were exacerbated […]
“Kids must become code breakers in order to ultimately become meaning makers. In other words, reading is the operating system of education, and if our kids can’t read, they can’t learn.” Jessica Reid Sliwerski made the above statement as she explained why she founded Ignite! Reading and described how this online tutoring program is enabling high-quality tutoring […]
https://youtu.be/js9h8twmkoM “We're encouraging states to start thinking about relegating this work of summer learning into the structure of the State Education Agency (SEA) because, rather than having this be something that we work on for the short term, we want it to become a natural conversation among SEA members building state strategic plans as they […]
https://youtu.be/mHAyYAV4lJY “We call our report Unlocking the ‘How’ because we keep hearing from schools and systems across the country that the pandemic has elevated the awareness of need for family engagement, but a lot of folks are asking for the best strategies for how to do that work.” This was author Eyal Bergman’s introduction of Learning Heroes’ new report, Unlocking the “How”: Designing Family […]
In this May 3, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays session, Amina Fazlullah, Senior Director of Equity Policy at Common Sense, opened the conversation with a description of the historical inequities in internet connectivity and access to devices for students in the United States. She also shared Common Sense’s work to map the impact of emergency funding streams as […]
"Math is innately in us” With the above quote, Jermell Witherspoon of Zeno reminded participants of the math brilliance that lives within each and every child during the inaugural session of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Early Math + Early Literacy series hosted on May 5, 2022. Zeno’s mission is to spark joy and inspire […]