“One of the things that we learned is that every state is different, and every state has different abilities and different infrastructure. And what we recognize is that states needed greater flexibility, they know their audience well, and they really needed to have the flexibility to say what is appropriate for their individuals and their […]
"It is midnight in our world today and the media landscape is cluttered with divisive, uninspiring content. Much the same as it was more than 60 years ago when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. first gave his Knock at Midnight sermon and the late great Newton Minnow gave his Vast Wasteland speech. So it is especially gratifying when public […]
“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 […]
