“The secret sauce is the coaches. They’re amazing in working with these families and helping them understand the value of a good education.” Jim Lund of Waterford Upstart offered this reflection in this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays session as he and other panelists described their efforts to support parents and educators in nurturing children’s early learning and school […]
https://youtu.be/mvYAa7zczXc Lisa Roy, Ed.D., moderated an inspiring and informative conversation with Sharon Hopper, Sarah Brown Wessling, Michelle Accardi and Cindy Hadicke, Ed.D. Each speaker shared details of their organizations’ professional development programs and resources, and talked in depth about barriers facing teachers and districts today when it comes to accessing high-caliber professional development. They highlighted the importance of students, families and […]
In this May 31, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, attendees had the chance to learn from early childhood expert Junlei Li, Ph.D., of the Harvard Graduate School of Education who shared the following wise words, among many others: “Reading experts will talk about reading as a technical or mechanical process — the phonics, the decoding […]
Moderated by CGLR Senior Fellow Barbara O'Brien, last week's timely GLR Learning Tuesdays session, co-sponsored by ExcelinEd, explored strategies for scaling a tutoring strategy statewide. To start the webinar, Casey Sullivan Taylor, Policy Director of Early Literacy at ExcelinEd, described her research into the approaches taken by two states and the District of Columbia. Next, Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D., Vice President for P–12 Policy, Research & Practice at The Education […]
“It is our duty and your responsibility to participate and to speak up. Your voice is your currency. No one can tell us what our profession needs better than the actual practitioner for herself or himself. We are the experts in this field, we know what we need.” – Jerletha McDonald In this week’s GLR […]
"Data isn't a hammer, it's a flashlight showing the way." - Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works. Moderated by Cecelia Leong of Attendance Works, the July 12, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesday Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar explored what makes a school district resilient in the face of various challenges that cause lagging reading proficiency, including the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
GLR Week 2022 launched with a session celebrating public libraries as a mainstay of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading since its inception. Public libraries serve as trusted centers of communities in the unique position to attract potential partners and provide benefits and resources to community members with diverse interests and needs, as uniquely captured by panelist, […]
“Kids need all of these kinds of supports. They need health care, food and housing. But, I don’t want to get away from the fact that they also need good schools.” Susanna Loeb, Ph.D., of Brown University’s National Student Support Accelerator offered this reflection during Building Blocks for the New Normal: Mining the Bright Spots & Silver Linings, a GLR […]