“When I'm talking about child poverty, there’s not a Republican or a Democratic way of dealing with it. When we’re talking about creating educational supports for kids, there’s not a Democratic way of educating kids and a Republican way of educating kids. Follow the data. Follow the things that are making sense and then…take and […]
In this GLR Week 2023 session, United Way Worldwide, Ascend at the Aspen Institute and CGLR engaged a powerhouse of national and local leaders, including Ralph Smith of CGLR; Ayeola Fortune of United Way Worldwide; Camille Busette of the Brookings Institution and the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative; Marjorie Sims of Ascend at the Aspen […]
In this GLR Week 2023 session, United Way Worldwide, Ascend at the Aspen Institute and CGLR engaged a powerhouse of national and local leaders, including Ralph Smith of CGLR; Ayeola Fortune of United Way Worldwide; Camille Busette of the Brookings Institution and the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative; Marjorie Sims of Ascend at the Aspen […]
“This (grade-level reading) is not an initiative for us. This is going to be a new way of life, in which we're going to ensure that all of our kids are going to be on grade level. You cannot do that without parents as your partners. When I came in as chancellor, I had […]
In this special, invitation-only GLR Week engagement held on July 19 at 12:30 p.m. ET, we were honored to be joined by two leaders from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for a briefing on the proposed National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE). IES received an additional $30 million from the […]
“We absolutely do not believe that AI will replace teachers. They can never be replaced. Machines will not love students. Teachers love students.” Eirene Chen of Khan Academy offered this insight during the GLR Week session, AI-Enhanced Efficacy: Assisting the Adults Helping Children, moderated by Isabelle Hau of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning. Chen points to generative AI as a means for moving […]
“We are gratified by the absence of fatigue and the willingness and encouragement of communities to stay the course during the pandemic. As the pandemic appears in the rearview mirror, we are inspired by the resolve, resilience and the commitment of these communities to assure equitable learning loss recovery. We are assured by the many […]
“There's a misunderstanding that TV is the solution . It's not. It's the passion — that's the solution. What do children have passion for? How can we harness that?...When somebody watches content with captioning, which is in the same language, they try to engage with the text automatically. They cannot but try to read along. […]