During this webinar, Ellen Galinsky of the Bezos Family Foundation and Dr. Robert Sege of the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine at Tufts University delivered powerful presentations stressing the potential of positive childhood experiences in mitigating childhood trauma and the importance of building on children’s and families’ assets. Dr. Sege, a professor of medicine and pediatrics […]
During this webinar, Mackenzie Swirbul of Robin Hood, Jessica Sager and Natalie Vieira of All Our Kin (AOK) and Jerletha McDonald of Arlington DFW Child Care Professionals discussed the opportunities to create the conditions for robust, high-quality family child care programs to thrive in communities across the country. Mackenzie Swirbul of Robin Hood, a foundation […]
In this Learning Tuesdays webinar, Mike English of Turn the Page KC moderated a conversation with leaders from two evidence-based tutoring programs and two local leaders who are engaging tutors to support struggling readers in their community. With schools across the country closing their doors for months to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3HeOpfp-E During this webinar, leaders from the Bezos Family Foundation — Ellen Galinsky, Erin Ramsey and Dan Torres — shared how they are leveraging Vroom and Mind in the Making to ensure low-income parents have access to science-based tools, programs and information that can help them support their children’s continued growth and development while schools, […]
In this April 7, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, philanthropic leaders from across the country came together to share what they are observing, learning and doing in support of children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Lauren Smith of FSG stressed the need to pay careful and close attention to those communities and populations […]
In this special webinar, CGLR’s former Chief Learning Officer Yolie Flores moderated a conversation with John B. King Jr. and Denise Forte of The Education Trust; Dr. Ruth Friedman, child and family policy consultant; Etienne Melcher Philbin of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC); and Farrah Freis Buff of Child Nutrition Programs at Food […]
In this webinar, Helen Westmoreland of the National PTA moderated a conversation with Todd Rogers of Harvard Kennedy School and Hedy Chang of Attendance Works as they discussed how behavior science can inform schools’ communication and engagement strategies. Afterwards, Angela Madigan, the principal of Waterboro Elementary School in southern Maine, shared her reflections on their […]
In this April 28, 2020 webinar, part of CGLR's Productive Parent-Teacher Partnerships series, Yolie Flores, CGLR's Chief Learning Officer, moderated a conversation that explored the efforts of teams in 18 states to build a community of support that promotes meaningful family engagement. During the webinar, Rolf Grafwallner of the Council of Chief State School Officers […]