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 […]

Over the past five years of virtual gratitude sessions, we have celebrated our outstanding partnerships with The United Way, public housing authorities, public libraries, public television and now children’s museums. These critical partners align with our mutual commitment to becoming increasingly intentional and explicit about naming, mapping, shrinking and closing the gaps. This year’s Gratitude […]

Natalie Walrond of WestEd served as the moderator, introducing the webinar’s focus on aligning research, policy and practice to integrate social and emotional well-being with language acquisition and literacy. She discussed the evolving definition of SEL, emphasizing its evidence-based nature and the importance of ecological approaches to education. Attendees first heard from Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., […]

AI is not to replace teachers. AI is not going to replace the need for critical thinking. It is here to augment and enhance, hopefully lighten teachers’ loads, enable them to claim back their nights and weekends so that teachers can spend more of their time building those student relationships, have more humanity in the […]