This important session was a type of capstone to CGLR’s recent multi-week Decoding NAEP series where we’ve had the chance to hear multiple perspectives on interpreting and making use of the 2024 NAEP scores. This week, we had the unique opportunity to learn from a panel of Chief State School Officers. As the top state education decision-makers, […]
This Crucible of Practice Salon highlighted the innovative work of the BOOST (Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Time) grant initiative in Georgia, developed in partnership by the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN). The initiative, with funds from the American Rescue Plan provided grants over the course of the three years […]
The recent GLR Learning Tuesdays session examined the evolving role of the federal government in education, focusing on the children and families who may be affected by proposed policy changes. The discussion featured Amalia Chamorro of UnidosUS, Bob Cunningham formerly with Understood, Denise Forte of the The Education Trust, Lindsay Jones, Esq. of CAST, Elson […]
“The problems caused by a lack of a coherent immigration policy are now being compounded by a flood of executive orders that will fail to replace such a policy. Instead, indiscriminate mass detention and deportation is separating children, parents, and other family members, and threatening to do so to others. We all know that the […]
I was really inspired…to think about what do innovation and transformation look like?...How do we drive that from the classroom up? To ensure we're structuring both the supports, the training, how time is used throughout the day in a way that centers what teachers tell us is most important, and what the data shows us […]
This Funder-to-Funder session was a continuation of a series of conversations focused on early math that began in 2020. This session explored how funders are working creatively and with growing impact to ensure that more children get a stronger start in this critical building block of early school success. Jessica Tilli, Ed.D., of The […]
In this follow-on discussion to our January session with executives from the Children’s Literacy Initiative and other leaders, we picked up on the notion that a primary key to dispelling misunderstandings about the science of reading is realizing there are multiple sciences that need to be taken into consideration for the vast diversity in race, nationality, background, and especially […]
In this session, Lorelle Atkinson of The Aspen Institute described the Institute as an organization that ignites human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world by driving change through dialogue, leadership, and action. She explained how Aspen is leaning into values-driven, nonpartisan messaging and emphasized the importance of being a […]