“My longtime mentor, Dr. Ruby Takanishi, the founder of the PreK–3 movement said, ‘We have to do a better job of reducing the chaos at the schoolhouse door.’ By this she meant that we need to build a more aligned system, a system that requires a ‘sturdy bridge’ between the early years and the early […]
“We believe that it is whole, healthy, functioning communities that produce whole, healthy, functioning individuals.” - Gevonee Ford, Executive Director, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent In this Learning Tuesdays Learning Loss Recovery Challenge Webinar, Building a Parent-Centered Ecosystem for Out-of-School Learning, our panelists introduced models that help produce the healthy, functioning communities Gevonee […]
“In our language, it explains who should be at the table with us, and it’s very clear. It’s specific that we need district leadership, county office leadership, students, families, parents, community partners, certificated staff, classified staff. This created the space and opportunity so that everyone can be a part of transforming their local context.” - […]
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Leaning Into Community-Wide Learning: What It Takes and Where It’s Happening!, was a follow-on conversation to our April 18 session, Building a Parent-Centered Ecosystem for Out-of-School Learning, which focused on program models that support learning in everyday places and spaces. The May 2 session shifted to a focus on community-wide coordinated systems that create […]
"Reading is the key to everything. I tell the students that if you read, the world is yours. Reading is going to give them the foundation to become adults that love to read, and that's going to affect their family life, their job and everything in the future." – Ken Livingston This Crucible of Practice Salon featuring Ken […]
https://youtu.be/KpvNfbnOEmo?si=gm83PavqHQHO_9An&t=228 “Everything that is so important to us about reading and literacy also has profound health impacts.” — Linda Mayes, M.D., Chair, Yale Child Study Center In this Partners webinar, co-sponsored by Scholastic, the CGLR was honored to host the release of a new research paper produced by the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative for […]
“Not only do we invest in collaboratives to get books in front of children, but we’re also thinking about funding streams that can support access. We’re thinking about library systems. We’re thinking about publishers. We’re thinking about the ways in which we can break down and dismantle the barriers that do not allow for families […]
“Creating the sense of urgency as the impetus for systems change is really an interesting motivator, especially as we think about this against our most recent experience and context - we and the whole system, we're adapting in the midst of a crisis.” Gloria Corral of the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) offered the above reflection […]
