During this webinar, one of a new series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, leaders from PBS, PBS KIDS Digital and three local PBS stations discussed how public media is making at-home learning accessible to families without the need for broadband by broadcasting literacy, STEM and other fun and educational TV programming. Panelists described […]
During this webinar, one of a series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, a panel of district leaders and their partners introduced three innovative approaches that are strengthening connections between schools, early learning strategies and families to align educational services and promote early school success. Dr. Marina Merrill of Children's Institute moderated as the […]
During this webinar, in honor of National Summer Learning Week, leaders from GLR’s longtime partner, the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), along with leaders from three award-winning summer learning programs discussed current trends and best practices in summer learning and how they are adapting to serve families during the pandemic. Panelists discussed recent research that […]
During the inaugural session of our Funder-to-Funder Conversation series, Janet Froetscher, President of the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, shared highlights from the growing body of science pointing to the impact of the prenatal-to-age-3 time period on a child’s learning and healthy development. In doing so, she highlighted new research that links adversity in […]
In this special GLR Week 2020 webinar, we were honored to have the 65th Governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves, offer opening remarks and introduce our keynote speaker, Dr. Carey Wright. In these opening remarks, Gov. Reeves highlighted Mississippi’s impressive achievements, including placing number one in the nation in NAEP gains in fourth-grade reading and fourth-grade […]
On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, during GLR Week 2020 “fishbowl” discussion, United Way leaders in Delaware, Texas and Utah engaged in a lively dialogue around leveraging 211 as a resource for children and families in their specific communities and states, and the opportunity presented by the pandemic to use 211 in new and different ways to […]
In this Friday, July 17, 2020, GLR Week 2020 session, Hedy Chang, Executive Director and President of Attendance Works,moderated a conversation with leaders from Education Analytics and two states that have collaborated in developing the Rally Analytics Platform, an innovative interactive platform designed to “diagnose and respond” by helping teachers and school leaders track and […]
This Funder-to-Funder Conversation began with reflections from Liz Simons, Board Chair of the Heising-Simons Foundation, who explained her personal commitment to helping math flourish in early childhood settings. Simons shared her belief that access to early math learning opportunities is an equity issue; and she noted that in the time that the Heising-Simons Foundation has […]