During the webinar, the speakers gave insightful, practical advice on working with business leaders in a variety of ways to contribute to grade-level reading. Moderator Sara Watson, founder and former Global Director of business group ReadyNation, gave advice on preparing to build a business partnership, finding business leaders and sustaining the relationship. A brief participant […]
This learning and engagement opportunity featured a panel of K–3 teachers from across the country, along with leaders of teacher support and advocacy organizations, responding to the data indicating changes and challenges for the fall 2021 K–3 classroom composition. Panelists shared how they are preparing for classes full of students without a full year of […]
https://youtu.be/NEzw5stLirQ This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by John Gomperts, CGLR Senior Fellow —reprised the CGLR component of the recent Education Week Leadership Symposium focused on “big bet worthy” programs and strategies that can deliver more than the usual increments of progress to accelerate learning recovery for children in economically disadvantaged families. (View the full recording of the CLGR presentation […]
In this session, Suzanne Harbin of the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia presented an overview of the Early Childhood Initiative, gave context for the Dalton-Whitfield County community and addressed the progress they’ve made around grade-level proficiency in the last five years. Next, community partners, gave details about the continuum of supports they have put in place for […]
This session reprised the CGLR component of a recent Education Week Leadership Symposium and built on the June 1 session’s exploration into “big bet worthy” programs and strategies that can deliver transformative change to accelerate learning recovery for children in economically disadvantaged families. This week’s learning and engagement opportunity highlighted digital equity and EdTech-enabled teaching and learning as an intertwined big bet. […]
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Jeimee Estrada-Miller, CGLR Senior Fellow — featured a panel of outstanding district leaders from across the country and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, to discuss the drivers of their decision-making processes and priorities around key issues, including the future of remote learning; student, teacher and classroom supports; parent and […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS5mAlVXiCE Carly Roberts of Overdeck Family Foundation opened the session by providing an overview of the Foundation’s Early Impact portfolio, which includes a focus on families as a part of its efforts to ensure that all children enter kindergarten with the skills they need to succeed. She described some of the evidence that shows parent coaching supports families […]
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Ellen Galinsky, Executive Director of Mind in the Making and Chief Science Officer with the Bezos Family Foundation — followed-on to the spring GLR Learning Tuesdays event co-sponsored with Education Week and co-hosted with the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, The Fall K–3 Classroom: What the Data Imply About Composition, Challenges and Opportunities. That spring forum reviewed […]
