Fifty years of research tells us that engaging families is central to our efforts in improving outcomes for children. Yet we see too little appetite for putting this research into action. To reverse this, we are learning that much work needs to be done around changing the narrative and re-framing “family engagement.” But what does […]
This September 24, 2019 Science Matters webinar, co-sponsored by the Bezos Family Foundation, featured a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Enginerring, and Medicine (NASEM): Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity. Munro Richardson, Ph.D. of Read Charlotte moderated the conversation with Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D., of University of Minnesota; Amy Geller of NASEM; and Iheoma […]
This October 1, 2019 CGLR Housing Partner session highlighted the diverse ways in which national public and nonprofit affordable housing intermediaries and associations, and their members and affiliates, link and leverage housing to support children and families in achieving educational outcomes. The panelists – Alexandra Nassau-Brownstone and Nicole Manchester from Stewards of Affordable Housing for […]
In this October 8, 2019 Emerging Models session, David Jacobson, Ph.D., of Education Development Center delivered a presentation on the First 10 model, sharing information that he uncovered in his examination of collaborations between schools, school districts and the early learning and family support fields designed to improve teaching, learning and care during the first […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM9FuFEbzgM Our first PPTP webinar — The Essential Ingredients in Building Productive Parent/Teacher Partnerships — was moderated by CGLR Chief Learning Officer Yolie Flores and headlined by Dr. Karen Mapp, Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Kristin Ehrgood, CEO and Board Chair of Flamboyan Foundation. Dr. Mapp shared insights and lessons from the […]
In this October 22, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Hedy Chang, the executive director of Attendance Works, reminded attendees of the negative effects of chronic absenteeism on student achievement, stressing how these effects increase significantly when children experience multiple years of chronic absence. Chang also described the conditions that promote both attendance and learning: physical and […]
This October 29, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, was hosted in partnership with Sesame Workshop and Partnership for America’s Children. With 2 million young children missed or miscounted in the 2010 Census, affecting $160 billion in federal funding, this session highlighted how ensuring a complete and correct count in the 2020 Census matters to all […]
Hosted on November 5 and November 12, 2019, Building Towards Scale: The Promise of Virtual Home Visiting, was a 2-part series of GLR Learning Tuesdays Emerging Models sessions.On November 5, Carly Roberts of the Overdeck Family Foundation explained why Overdeck chose to provide seed funding to support the development and early evaluation of virtual home […]