NAEP Scores: Behind and Beyond the Numbers
“Our schools are community institutions first and foremost. One of the things we were really grateful for during the COVID era, because we were community institutions, because our teachers and […]
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Closing the Gap: Improving Attendance for Our Youngest Learners
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar focuses on the critical importance of creating deep relationships with families and caregivers to address the extraordinarily high levels of kindergarten chronic absence occurring in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Closing the Gap: Improving Attendance for Our Youngest Learners with Attendance Works
Chronic absence is double the levels prior to the pandemic, and it is exceptionally high in the early grades. Exceptional challenges (increased illness, mental health, economic challenges, etc.) are barriers […]
Learning to Read: Applying Universal Design for Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=226&v=iD8jgzQ-uAU&feature=youtu.be “Being an educator is an incredibly difficult job….One of the greatest joys that I've experienced is working with kids and having a chance to be a classroom educator. I […]
Opportunity Culture: Positive Impacts for Educators and Students
https://youtu.be/jFcvcwMWrhY?si=Qkx4lH6_T_20sBQR&t=264 This session opened with an introduction about the program from Stephanie Dean with Public Impact. Dean shared the vision of Opportunity Culture as ensuring every student has consistency with […]
Creating Environments and Conditions for Thriving Kindergarteners
https://youtu.be/RDeZIxmCFvU?si=YGoQ1BTuT9chOFZ4&t=225 “We don’t structure in relationship building into how our schools are organized.” Hedy Chang of Attendance Works offered this reflection during this week's session, Creating Environments and Conditions for Thriving Kindergartners. Her data overview, […]
Remake Learning: Philanthropic Opportunities for Enhancing Local Learning Landscape
In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation, a panel of funders introduce Remake Learning as a vehicle for building demand among parents, families and caregivers for a new approach to learning that is grounded in the preexisting local learning landscape, the learning sciences, and innovation and justice.
Early Learning Innovation in a Time of Crisis
“Listening is truly one of our values, and it's so deeply, incredibly important to us, because we would not be here if it wasn't for the families that we serve. […]