During this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Betsy Mijares, Ed.D., with the T.L.L. Temple Foundation moderated a conversation exploring innovative approaches that university and nonprofit leaders are applying in rural and urban areas to strengthen teacher recruitment and retention. Mijares began by sharing information about her rural east Texas foundation’s investments and partnerships related to teacher […]
CGLR has long advocated for productive parent-teacher partnerships and has hosted several webinars in recent years that revealed why “big bets” should be made on this strategy, which has the potential to make more than the usual increments of change. When parents (or any primary caregiver for a student) build relational trust with their child’s […]
The early research on the use of generative AI tools...suggests that those children who are underperforming the most are gaining the most from access to this technology.– Isabelle Hau, Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford University Isabelle Hau of Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford University offered the quote above during our June 25, 2024 GLR Learning […]
This session was originally recorded live on April 23, 2024. This discussion built on previous sessions exploring EdTech as a tool that increases student engagement and expands the reach of tutoring, literacy instruction and other interventions. We saw EdTech get a big boost during the pandemic as schools shifted to remote learning, which also underscored […]
The July 9, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, part of our Kindergarten Matters webinar series, highlighted the importance of the kindergarten to first grade transition. In a conversation moderated by Christina Lopez from the Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Program (MECLP), attendees heard from a panel of experts who shared ideas on how we can lift up the […]
“If we don't increase access to rich books that speak to children in a way that really honors their own identity, their community, but also expand the minds of even children who are already represented in the literature. If we don't do that, then we're actually not doing what our children need for us to […]
For the second year, United Way Worldwide (UWW), Ascend at the Aspen Institute and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) joined forces during GLR Week to launch a three-part series focused on two-generation approaches to alleviating poverty. Led by an impressive panel comprised of national and local leaders working on the frontlines of policy and practice to guide the discussion, Ready, […]
During this webinar, John Gomperts with the Campaign for Grade-Level-Reading moderated a conversation exploring the causes behind the widespread spike in chronic absenteeism post-pandemic and strategies to tackle it among education and community leaders. Nat Malkus, Ph.D., with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) provided an overview of the size and scope of chronic absenteeism presently. Malkus, who tracks chronic absenteeism rates through […]
