The things that we do to address the physical, emotional and social needs of our children, ultimately, will support their achievement. California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond made the above statement at the start of his discussion with...
In this April 13, 2021 Crucible of Practice Salon, Malai Amfahr, Story County Reads Director with the United Way of Story County, provided an overview of how Story County Reads operates, explained its assets-based approach and discussed how adopting Early Learning...
This session explored ways states and communities are working with families to ensure that they both understand the strategies schools are using to teach their children to read and are familiar with tools they can use to help their children build their literacy skills...
This session picked up on our series and our continued focus on tutoring as a critically important “Big Bets” strategy that is making a measurable impact on students learning recovery and acceleration. This week, we were pleased to continue that exploration in a book...
In this inaugural Crucible of Practice Salon, we first heard from Jenny Bogoni, Executive Director of Read by 4th, the GLR community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began by giving an overview of Read by 4th — the concept that they are protecting every...
In this August 25, 2020 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, Adrian Pedroza of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors moderated a conversation with parent leaders from three communities across three states who are mobilizing and taking action to ensure that state and...
"We’ve built some really strong relationships. That has only happened because people trust that WAKE Up and Read is going to be there to provide the things that we say we’re going to provide. In order to do that, we prioritized communication throughout all the...
During this webinar, we learned about a powerful new set of free online tools that communities can employ to ensure that families with young children have all the opportunities and support they need to promote their children’s early learning and healthy development....
"We want to help more and more children create a 360 surround…[where] everyone in their community recognizes the importance of young children and [they] are contributing to the literacy development of all of those children. Whether it’s in the library, the grocery...
To start the session, Sheila Umberger, Director of Libraries for the Roanoke Public Libraries, discussed her experience with the library system being the lead of the GLR community in Roanoke. She encouraged coalition members and organizations to “stop” worrying about...
In this October 8, 2019 Emerging Models session, David Jacobson, Ph.D., of Education Development Center delivered a presentation on the First 10 model, sharing information that he uncovered in his examination of collaborations between schools, school districts and the...
“Through this work over the decades, we have seen the value of community leadership because place is such a critical factor in kids’ life trajectories. If you look at the research on economic mobility and education attainment, it's down to the ZIP code level because...
In May 11, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, panelists shared the valuable and often unheralded work of “America’s best kept secret”: Family Resource Centers (FRCs). More than 3,000 community-based and school-based FRCs support families in urban and rural...