This learning and engagement opportunity was the second of three sessions that follow-on to a spring GLR Learning Tuesdays event co-sponsored with Education Week and co-hosted with the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, The Fall K–3 Classroom: What the Data Imply About Composition, Challenges and Opportunities. In that spring session, we reviewed data indicating what K–3 classrooms are […]
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Lillian M. Lowery, Vice President of Student and Teacher Assessments at Educational Testing Service and Jeimee Estrada-Miller, CGLR Senior Fellow — featured a panel of national leaders discussing the policy decisions states have made to direct school reopening, educational recovery and spending of relief dollars. Jeremy Anderson, President of Education Commission of the States; Cara Candal, Ed.D., National […]
This learning and engagement opportunity was the third of three sessions that follow-on to a spring GLR Learning Tuesdays event co-sponsored with Education Week and co-hosted with the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, The Fall K–3 Classroom: What the Data Imply About Composition, Challenges and Opportunities. This week’s session began with a viewing of the data […]
In this Crucible of Practice Salon, members of the Digital Access for All (DA4A) initiative at The Patterson Foundation in the Suncoast region of Florida discussed how “more than money philanthropy” guided The Patterson Foundation’s DA4A initiative from concept to community collaboration within the span of one year. Members of the DA4A team — including Cheri Coryea, John […]
This conversation engaged philanthropic leaders working at the national, state and local levels and practitioners from leading early childhood organizations in a discussion exploring the importance of cross-sector, cross-program collaboration and the roles that funders can play in fostering collaboration. Presenters included: Brenda Blasingame, Program Officer, Pritzker Children's Initiative, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Rebecca […]
I never do anything bad enough or good enough to get an adult’s attention. – Keontai, 11 Many years ago, the above words were said to David Shapiro of MENTOR, one of the panelists in this September 21, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar. Keontai’s statement encapsulates the fundamental need for the positive adult-child relationships enabled […]
“I love math,” said a pre-K scholar in one New Jersey Tutoring Corps site, while another shared, “I’m going to be a math teacher when I grow up.” These two student quotes were shared during the October 19, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays Funder-to-Funder Conversation, New Jersey Tutoring Corps: Lessons in Accelerating Learning Recovery. In this […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh15TByN7VM “Education is a human endeavor. It’s all about student relationships and we really need to see caregivers, parents and family members as partners in the critical work of ensuring that every single student in our nation learned on grade level and achieves their dreams.” Sarah Johnson of Teaching Lab shared this important reminder during […]