this October 7, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesdays session reminded us that book abundance is not just about numbers — it’s about stories that fuel imagination, affirm identity, and build strong reading foundations. During this session, held during National Book Month and Banned Books Week, we heard powerful reminders from panelists — Jules Appleton with First […]
Co-Sponsored by This Learning Tuesdays session was moderated by Kris Perry, MSW, of Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, who began the webinar by grounding the discussion in the latest science. Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, also with Children and Screens, emphasized that “research has found that there are really no demonstrable benefits to […]
During the October 21, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Bruno Manno, Ph.D., with the Progressive Policy Institute moderated a conversation exploring the evolution of homeschooling to become more diverse and dynamic and what it looks like in practice. This was the third webinar in CGLR’s Parents as Curators of Their Children's Education? webinar series exploring […]
This Learning Tuesdays webinar highlighted the critical connection between early relational health (ERH) — the mutual, meaningful, and affirming relationships between young children and caregivers — and early learning, literacy, and third-grade reading success. Anchored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Early Relational Health: Building Foundations for Child, Family, and Community […]
"We want to help more and more children create a 360 surround… everyone in their community recognizes the importance of young children and are contributing to the literacy development of all of those children. Whether it’s in the library, the grocery store, the nail salon, the barbershop…these are all our children, and we need to […]
This session was a follow-on conversation from another session last May — also focused on Head Start — that was part of our “More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage?” series. Across eight sessions, this series has sought to center children in the multiple policy shifts and federal funding cuts impacting communities. In the […]
Co-Sponsored by In this GLR Learning Tuesdays session, CGLR welcomed experts to explore how digital tools can most effectively supplement and strengthen instruction for English Learners (ELs). Our conversation, moderated by Amaya Garcia of New America emphasized that “too often students are viewed from a deficit perspective that frames their educational needs as problems to be solved,” underscoring […]
“Bill Isler said that, through television, we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative and imaginative ways. We see Genie and Thy as two people who are using television to cherish life. And the impact of that transcends geography, right? Yes, Phoebe & Jay is being […]