The relationship between early childhood policy experts and housing experts can absolutely help a community better thrive if we center the experience of young children and their families. –Mayra Alvarez, MHA, The Children's PartnershipIn this CGLR Peer Exchange session, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Managing Director Ralph Smith opened the conversation by recognizing the public housing leaders in […]
It could be the best program in the world.If it doesn’t get used properly, it’s not going to work… – Janine Walker-Caffrey, Ed.D., EPS LearningThis GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, moderated by Amanda Alexander, Ph.D., explored the crossroads between research, standards, and curriculum, bringing together leading voices from research, practice, and publishing. Steven Ross, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins University grounded […]
We are absolutely action focused…when it comes to data, we really had to refine our approach. We’re not just satisfying curiosity or just pushing stuff out there because we’ve always done it. To us, if that data doesn’t lead to a change in adult action or confirmation that our adult actions are actually working, all […]
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 […]