This session launched CGLR’s new series Precursors to Success and Impact, which brings together our efforts to highlight bright spots and “Big Bet” strategies for accelerating learning recovery and advancement, and zeros in on what it takes to successfully implement proven strategies. This series will focus “less on what to do and more on how to do what […]

Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) are a powerful driver of financial inclusion and long-term economic opportunity for young people as shown in a growing body research and experience over the past few decades. These programs help families build assets early, cultivate a habit of saving, and lay the groundwork for greater educational and financial success. In […]

What can same-language subtitling (SLS) realistically contribute to children’s literacy — and where are its limits? In this exploratory session, leaders from research, media, technology, and policy will examine what the strongest evidence supports, where SLS functions best as a scaffolding strategy, and what responsible implementation in U.S. children’s media could look like. This conversation will build on a 2022 session which […]

Three years ago, as schools and districts grappled with the fallout from pandemic school closures and persistent chronic absence, important new research found evidence that schools with strong family engagement were less likely to experience high chronic absence. The qualitative follow-up to that study, set for release early next month, reveals the factors that distinguish “bright […]