“Through this work over the decades, we have seen the value of community leadership because place is such a critical factor in kids’ life trajectories. If you look at the research on economic mobility and education attainment, it's down to the ZIP code level because it really is at that community level where the formal […]
This important session was a type of capstone to CGLR’s recent multi-week Decoding NAEP series where we’ve had the chance to hear multiple perspectives on interpreting and making use of the 2024 NAEP scores. This week, we had the unique opportunity to learn from a panel of Chief State School Officers. As the top state education decision-makers, […]
This Crucible of Practice Salon highlighted the innovative work of the BOOST (Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Time) grant initiative in Georgia, developed in partnership by the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN). The initiative, with funds from the American Rescue Plan provided grants over the course of the three years […]
The recent GLR Learning Tuesdays session examined the evolving role of the federal government in education, focusing on the children and families who may be affected by proposed policy changes. The discussion featured Amalia Chamorro of UnidosUS, Bob Cunningham formerly with Understood, Denise Forte of the The Education Trust, Lindsay Jones, Esq. of CAST, Elson […]
“And how are the children?” That traditional Masai greeting is at the heart of at least two upcoming GLR Learning Tuesdays sessions being hosted by the Campaign for Grade Level Reading (CGLR). The initial session on March 25 will illuminate and center the children served by the U.S. Department of Education. In this second session, […]
So far, our Decoding NAEP series has explored diverse perspectives — from journalists to state education chiefs — on key takeaways from the NAEP results and how they might inform efforts to advance early school success and close long-standing learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. Join us for the seventh session in the series on […]
Mathematical skills — and growth in these skills over the early elementary years — correlate with academic skills in later elementary school. The good news is that children can learn mathematics at very young ages, especially through playful, family-based activities that can be integrated into daily routines such as folding laundry, shopping for groceries, or […]
In January, CGLR hosted a GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar featuring the Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) to explore the assertions in CLI’s report released last fall, Equity and the Science of Reading. The report recognizes the science of reading as a foundational body of research that is essential for informing effective literacy instruction to foster children’s […]
