Helen Westmoreland kicked off the conversation, stressing how home-school communications are more important than ever with schools remaining closed for months. She also encouraged attendees to reflect on the many types of behaviors that schools ask families to take in their communications, including turning in forms, reading with their children, and attending meetings. By being […]
In this special GLR webinar, Dr. Jacqueline Jones of Foundation for Child Development moderated a conversation exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and strategies and resources that can help support children’s emotional well-being. Dr. Pamela Cantor, the Founder of Turnaround for Children, discussed the “COVID paradox” in which the physical distancing […]
In this May 26, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, Lisa Guernsey of New America moderated a rich conversation to help attendees understand the scope, extent and dimensions of the digital inequities made even more visible by the pandemic, particularly for children and families from low-income communities. Noting that online learning only […]
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 […]
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 […]
This August 4, 2020 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar built on a May 26, 2020 session that had examined the scope, extent and dimensions of digital inequity in the United States. This follow-on conversation ocused on solutions and ways that we can begin to address the digital equity gap at the local level ― while […]
During this webinar, Hedy Chang of Attendance Works moderated a conversation with local leaders, representing five rural areas in Maine, Mississippi, and Oregon, as they shared how they have worked to build strong, trusting relationships with students and their families, helping to increase regular attendance before COVID-19 and strengthening engagement and support efforts during the […]
In this third webinar focused on digital equity, Dr. Laurey Stryker, consultant at The Patterson Foundation, moderated a conversation with Amina Fazlullah, General Counsel at Common Sense Media (CSM) and Jack Lynch, Director of State Engagements at EducationSuperHighway (ESH), that focused on the role of states in helping to close the distance learning digital divide. Fazlullah shared highlights […]