"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 […]
“This is an incredible moment for local advocates ― whether you're in the digital inclusion space or anything else that rides on top of digital inclusion, issues like immigration, housing, education and health care.” Amina Fazlullah of Common Sense offered the above reflection during this July 20, 2022 GLR Week Funder-to-Funder Conversation on philanthropic opportunities […]
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, “250,000 Caring Adults, Rolling Out a New National Effort,” attendees had the chance to receive an early briefing on the National Partnership for Student Success, a new federal initiative that will deploy 250,000 caring adults as tutors, mentors and coaches. Leaders who are shaping the next steps for the initiative engaged in discussion and […]
“It changed my life. This is the tool that kept me in my teaching career until today. This is the one thing that brought me joy at the end of my crazy day…This program does change teacher mindsets. Well, I'm proof positive. You can see it in data. You can see it when people are […]
“The vision begins with expert lead teams of educators who share the work. This isn't something we made up. It's based on research about how teachers thrive, what they want, what keeps them in the work and how instruction works best for students who need it most. It begins with teams of teachers who bring […]
"Innovative communities across the country are creating a First 10 roadmap that addresses teaching and learning, partnerships with families and comprehensive services, and First 10 provides a framework, a guided planning process and a set of effective collaborative strategies." - David Jacobson, Education Development Center. Thank you for registering for last week’s Peer Exchange Learning Conversation, First […]
